Country Resource - Luxembourg
- Population..........................................................................605,764 (July 2018 est.)
- Population growth rate ..............................................................1.9% (2018 est.)
- Birth rate...................................................11.6 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
- Death rate..................................................7.3 deaths/1,000 population (2018 est.)
- Net migration rate...............................15.5 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2017 est.)
- Ethnic groups*..........Luxembourger 52.1%, Portuguese 16%, French 7.6%, Italian 3.6%, Belgian 3.4%, German 2.2%, Spanish 1.1%, British 1%, other 13% (2018 est.)
* data represent population by nationality
CIA World Factbook
Luxembourg's stable, prosperous economy would not be possible without foreign workers, most of whom come from other EU countries. But this small country has also struggled to cope with asylum seekers from the former Yugoslavia and to integrate children of immigrants, as Serge Kollwelter explains.
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Luxembourg's stable, prosperous economy would not be possible without foreign workers, most of whom come from other EU countries. But this small country has also struggled to cope with asylum seekers from the former Yugoslavia and to integrate children of immigrants, as Serge Kollwelter explains.
Schengen eliminated border controls between European countries, and established a common external border. MPI's Julia Gelatt explains the changes brought by Schengen and the effects Schengen has had on European border control, visa, and asylum policies.
