Countries
1: Africa.
2: Americas.
3: Asia-Pacific.
4: Europe.
- 4.1: Belgium.
- 4.2: Bulgaria.
- 4.3: Cyprus.
- 4.4: Czech Republic.
- 4.5: Denmark.
- 4.6: Estonia.
- 4.7: Finland.
- 4.8: France.
- 4.9: Greece.
- 4.10: Hungary.
- 4.11: Ireland.
- 4.12: Italy.
- 4.13: Latvia.
- 4.14: Lithuania.
- 4.15: Luxembourg.
  - 4.15.1: Introduction.
  - 4.15.2: List of Detention Sites.
  - 4.15.3: Map of Detention Sites.
  - 4.15.4: Country Links.
  - 4.15.5: Reference List.
- 4.16: Malta.
- 4.17: Netherlands.
- 4.18: Norway.
- 4.19: Poland.
- 4.20: Portugal.
- 4.21: Romania.
- 4.22: Slovakia.
- 4.23: Slovenia.
- 4.24: Spain.
- 4.25: Sweden.
- 4.26: Switzerland.
- 4.27: Turkey.
- 4.28: Ukraine.
- 4.29: United Kingdom.
5: Middle East .

Quick Facts

Number of dedicated detention centres: 0

Total detention capacity (in special prison unit): 24 (2008)

Max. length of administrative detention: 1 year (asylum seekers); 4 months (irregular migrants)

Number of asylum applications: 510 (2009)

Pending asylum claims: 29 (2009)

Number of deportations: 233 (2008)

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Last updated: May 2010

Luxembourg Detention Profile

Map of "In Use" Detention Sites

For more detailed information, see the complete List of Detention Sites.

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Sources
(This is only a partial list. More detailed information is available upon request.)

European Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT). 2004. Rapport au Gouvernement du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg relatif à la visite effectuée au Luxembourg par le Comité européen pour la prévention de la torture et des peines ou traitements inhumains ou dégradants (CPT) du 2 au 7 février 2003. CPT/Inf (2004) 12. Strasbourg 29 February 2004. http://www.cpt.coe.int/documents/lux/2004-12-inf-fra.pdf (accessed 1 March 2010).
European Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT). 2004. Réponse du Gouvernement du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg au rapport du Comité européen pour la prévention de la torture et des peines ou traitements inhumains ou dégradants (CPT) relatif à la visite effectuée au Grand-Duché de Luxembourg du 2 au 7 février 2003. CPT/Inf (2004) 13. Strasbourg 29 February 2004. http://www.cpt.coe.int/documents/lux/2004-13-inf-fra.pdf (accessed 1 March 2010).
Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS website). 2008. Luxemburg country profile. 18 August 2008. http://www.detention-in-europe.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=162&Itemid=195 (accessed 15 March 2010).
Loi sur la libre circulation des personnes et immigration. (Immigration Law) Grand-Duché de Luxembourg 29 August 2008. http://www.legilux.public.lu/leg/a/archives/2008/0138/a138.pdf#page=2 (accessed 1 March 2010).
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Sehovic, Nonna (Caritas). 2010. Interview with Alexandra Lamb (Global Detention Project). 7 April 2010. Geneva, Switzerland.
Soric, Ana-Marija (Caritas). 2010. Interview with Alexandra Lamb (Global Detention Project. 10 May 2010. Geneva, Switzerland.
Règlement grand-ducal du 20 septembre 2002 créant un Centre de séjour provisoire pour étrangers en situation irrégulière. Grand-Duche de Luxembourg. 15 October 2002. . http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/416c07934.html (accessed 1 March 2010).