Luxembourg

The main migration policy instruments in Luxembourg:

Non-exhaustive list of key policy documents in the area of migration:

• National policies and legislation:
• Consult Luxembourg’s national law database.
• Consult recent publications of the European Migration Network.
• EU legislation:
• Consult the adopted EU legislation on Migration and Home Affairs
• Ratified international treaties:
• 1953/1971: ratification of the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol.
• 2009: ratification of the 2000 Protocol on Trafficking in Persons.
• 2012: ratification of the 2000 Protocol on Smuggling of Migrants.

The main ministries in charge of migration affairs in Luxembourg:

• Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs: Together with its subordinate authorities it is the main body dealing with migration affairs, including immigration (entry, stay); visa and consular affairs; the reception of asylum seekers and the asylum procedure; return and readmission; development cooperation with countries of origin and transit of migration; foreign policy aspects of migration; social integration.
• Ministry of Family, Integration and the Greater Region: reception and integration of asylum seekers; social services.
• Ministry of Internal Security: border control and irregular migration.

Sources:

• European Migration Network (2010): Institutional Framework for Migration and Asylum Policies. Luxembourg 2010. https://ec.europa.eu/home-affairs/sites/homeaffairs/files/what-we-do/networks/european_migration_network/reports/docs/emn-studies/asylum-migration/17._luxembourg_institutional_chart_february_2010_en.pdf
• Luxembourg’s National Contact Point of the European Migration Network (2016): Annual Report 2016 on Migration and Asylum Policy in Luxembourg. https://ec.europa.eu/home-affairs/sites/homeaffairs/files/18a_luxembourg_apr_part2_final_en.pdf
• United Nations DESA-Population Division and UNICEF (2014): Migration Profiles - Common Set of Indicators. https://esa.un.org/MigGMGProfiles/Indicators/indicators.HTM
• Gouvernement du Luxembourg (2018): Arrêté grand-ducal du 5 décembre 2018 portant constitution des Ministères. http://legilux.public.lu/eli/etat/leg/agd/2018/12/05/a1099/jo  
• Police du Luxembourg (2018): Unité de la police de l'aéroport (visité le 10.12.2018) https://police.public.lu/fr/votre-police/structures/unites-nationales/upa.html

Last update: December 2018