{"id":127,"date":"2023-08-08T19:53:37","date_gmt":"2023-08-08T19:53:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/luxembourg\/?page_id=127"},"modified":"2024-01-29T14:27:46","modified_gmt":"2024-01-29T14:27:46","slug":"asylum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/luxembourg\/asylum\/","title":{"rendered":"How to seek asylum (international protection) in Luxembourg?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fdf799\">Please note that\u00a0<strong>asylum\u00a0<\/strong>is a form of<strong>\u00a0international protection,<\/strong> and both terms are used on this page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#cccccc30\">If you fear returning to your country of origin (or country of previous residence in case you do not have any nationality) because you are in danger of suffering serious harm for reasons related to your race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or membership of a particular social group or you flee war, torture, or inhumane and degrading treatment, <strong>you can apply for asylum (international protection) in Luxembourg.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:32px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>In Luxembourg, the authorities are responsible for processing applications for asylum (international protection) and deciding whether somebody can be granted protection.<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>UNHCR in Luxembourg does not register refugees, does not examine asylum applications (international protection) and does not issue refugee documents.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please note that:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>You can only apply for asylum (international protection) in Luxembourg if you are in Luxembourg territory. <strong>You cannot apply for asylum (international protection) in Luxembourg from abroad.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If you are in a European Union country and have close family members in Luxembourg, you may be able to join them under the <a href=\"https:\/\/eur-lex.europa.eu\/LexUriServ\/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2013:180:0031:0059:en:PDF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dublin III Regulation<\/a> if certain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/be\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2018\/12\/Dublin-regulation-English.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">criteria<\/a> are fulfilled.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/luxembourg\/asylum\/register\/\" style=\"background-color:#0072bc\"><strong>Step 1. Register your application<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/luxembourg\/asylum\/admissibility\/\" style=\"background-color:#0072bc\"><strong>Step 2. Admissibility of your application<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/luxembourg\/asylum\/assessment\/\" style=\"background-color:#0072bc\"><strong>Step 3. Assessment of your application<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/luxembourg\/asylum\/decision\/\" style=\"background-color:#0072bc\"><strong>Step 4. Decision and Appeal<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Please note that\u00a0asylum\u00a0is a form of\u00a0international protection, and both terms are used on this page. If you fear returning to your country of origin (or country of previous residence in case you do not have any nationality) because you are in danger of suffering serious harm for reasons related to your race, religion, nationality, political [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":214,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-127","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/luxembourg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/luxembourg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/luxembourg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/luxembourg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/214"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/luxembourg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/luxembourg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/127\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":374,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/luxembourg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/127\/revisions\/374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/luxembourg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}