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Chrystia Freeland and Jean Asselborn, respectively Canada’s and Luxembourg’s foreign affairs minister, are seen signing a memorandum of understanding on youth mobility between the two countries, in Toronto, 3 July 2019. Photo credit: MAEE 

An accord signed this week allows 100 people aged 18 to 30 to receive a “working vacation” visa annually.

The visa-holder will be permitted “to stay in the partner state for a maximum of one year, during which time they will be free to travel, but also to work or study,” Luxembourg’s foreign ministry stated in an announcement on 4 July.

The ministry said that the programme aims:

“… to allow young adults to spend holidays in the partner country and discover another culture. Secondarily, the young person may engage in paid work or study. He/she must nevertheless have sufficient financial resources to commence their stay in the host country.”

Jean Asselborn, Luxembourg’s foreign minister (LSAP), signed the protocol on the sidelines of an international conference on Ukraine, in Toronto.

Luxembourg already has similar agreements with Australia, Chile and New Zealand. The foreign affairs ministry said one is currently being negotiated with South Korea.