Annual Report on Migration and Asylum Part 1 2021 Luxembourg

KEY POINTS
1. The Law of 16 June 2021 amending the Immigration Law changes the legislation on immigration, by
lightening the administrative burden for third-country nationals, and by altering certain provisions relating
to intercorporate transferees, trainees and family reunification.
2. The Law of 16 June 2021 amending the Asylum Law modifies the remedies available to applicants of
international protection (AIPs). This law increases their effectiveness and guarantees maximum legal
certainty in the context of transfers under the Dublin Regulation, as well as in the case of final decisions to
close proceedings on an application for international protection and of decisions to withdraw international
protection.
3. Bill 7877, introduced to Parliament on 2 September 2021, proposes abolishing the 5-year residency clause
on active and passive voting rights in municipal elections for EU- and non-EU citizens residing in Luxembourg