Between 2009 and 2014, 26,000 persons have acquired Luxembourgish citizenship, a sharp increase compared to earlier periods. Most naturalised citizens are in fact former citizens and their descendants residing in Belgium or France who ‘recovered’ their nationality in the wake of a 2008 reform of the nationality law. The 2008 reform introduced a broader toleration of multiple citizenship and contained a provision allowing former citizens ‘by origin’ to (re)acquire citizenship, irrespective of their country of residence. 

Read the news report (in French) in the Luxemburger Wort and access our country report on citizenship law and database on modes of acquisition of citizenship in Luxembourg.