Asylum application statistics for May 2025;
Credit: Luxembourg Immigration Directorate
On Monday 16 June 2025, the Directorate of Immigration of Luxembourg's Ministry of Home Affairs published figures regarding applications for international protection (asylum) and temporary protection in the Grand Duchy in May 2025.
International Protection
A total of 171 people applied for international protection in Luxembourg in May 2025 (compared to 128 in April 2025 and 141 in May 2024). To date this year, Luxembourg has received a total of 793 applications for international protection - up slightly from 718 received during the same period in 2024.
182 decisions on asylum applications were taken in May, with 61 applicants being granted refugee status (60 in April).
In May, most applicants were Eritrean nationals (60), followed by Syrian (26), Venezuelan (nine) and Turkish (seven) nationals. So far in 2025, most applications have come from Eritrean nationals (135), followed by Syrian (125), Algerian (64) and Colombian (41) nationals.
Temporary Protection
A total of 58 people applied for temporary protection in Luxembourg in May 2025 (down from 75 in April). So far this year, Luxembourg has received a total of 386 such applications.
A total of 54 decisions on temporary protection applications were taken in May, with 51 applicants being granted this status in Luxembourg (62 in April); three were rejected.
Most applicants in May (53) were Ukrainian nationals. Ukrainians have also represented the largest group (349) among applicants for temporary protection so far this year. Moreover, there have been applications from nineteen Algerian nationals, as well as eighteen nationals of other unspecified countries during this period.
