Credit: MAEE
The Directorate of Immigration of the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs has confirmed that Luxembourg received a total of 110 applications for international protection (asylum) last month.
The number of people applying for asylum in Luxembourg in June 2021 rose from 83 the previous month and from 39 in June 2020.
A total of 112 decisions on asylum applications were taken last month, with 64 applicants (the same number as in May) being granted refugee status in Luxembourg.
So far this year, Luxembourg has received a total of 492 asylum applications, up from 443 received by this time last year.
The largest number of applicants seeking asylum in June 2021 came from Syria (45), followed by Eritrea (27) and Sudan (eleven). In addition, six Ethiopian and five Tunisian nationals applied for asylum. The remaining sixteen applications came from various other countries.
