As of 7 September, 44 adults and 4 minors from Italy have been relocated in Luxembourg this year.

A total of 431 out of the 557 refugees have arrived in the Grand Duchy.

Two years ago, the refugee relocation system was established in two Council decisions by the European Commission.

The mechanism enforces member states to relocate people in need of international protection from Italy and Greece.

The fifteenth report on relocation and resettlement of refugees, released by the European Commission on September 6, 2017, recorded an average of 2,300 refugees relocated per month since February 2017.

All in all, almost 27,700 people have been relocated as of 4 September this year.

Luxembourg approaches the final stage, having relocated more than 85% of its full allocation.

Poland has ceased pledges since December 2015. The commission urges Hungary and Poland to fulfill their allocations and the other member states.