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Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, Direction Immigration is in charge of:

• Legislation;
• Foreign and Security Policy
• Passports and visas
• Asylum, including refugee status and subsidiary protection status;
• National, European and international immigration and asylum policy, and

Specifically, the Minister of Immigration and Asylum is responsible for:

• National, European, and international policy on immigration and asylum
• Free movement of persons and immigration
• Entry and residence of foreigners
• International protection
• Return of illegal immigrants
• Granting of stateless person status
• Travel documents for immigrants
• Relations with NGOs
• Retention centres for asylum seekers
• Management of the Luxembourg Office for Reception and Integration
• Housing for the reception of immigrants
• The cooperation with international organisations and NGOs.
• Detention centres;
• Granting stateless status;

The Ministry of Family and Integration is in charge of:

• Foreigner integration;
• Social action in favour of foreigners;
• The Luxembourg Acceptation and Integration Office;
• Acceptance centres for asylum seekers, and
• National Council for foreigners.

Responsible ministries/bodies

The Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, Direction Immigration

The Ministry of Immigration and Asylum

The Ministry of Family and Integration

The Luxembourg Acceptation and Integration Office

Sources

Arrêté grand-ducal du 28 mai 2019 portant constitution des Ministères [Grand ducal decree on the establishement of ministries of 28 May 2019] (Mém. A – 370 of 29 May 2019, p. 1) (Last consultation: 28.05.2020).

Loi du 18 décembre 2015, relative à la protection internationale et à la protection temporaire [Law on Asylum and temporary protection of 18 December 2015] (Mém. A –– N° 255 28 décembre 2015).

Code communal  [Municipal Act] (Dernière mise à jour au 16 décembre 2016 (Mémorial A - 257). (Last consultation: 28.05.2020).