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==Demographics==
{{Main|Demographics of Luxembourg}}
As of [[2000]], there were 162,000 [[immigrant]]s in Luxembourg, accounting for 37 percent% of the total population. The native population is ethnically a [[French people|French]] and [[Germanic peoples|Germanic]] blend. The indigenous population was augmented by immigrants from [[Belgium]], [[France]], [[Germany]], [[Italy]], and [[Portugal]] throughout the twentieth century. Since the beginning of the [[Yugoslav wars]], Luxembourg has seen many immigrants from war-torn and politically unstable Balkan states, such as [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]], [[Montenegro]], and [[Serbia]]. Annually, over 10,000 new immigrants arrive in Luxembourg, mostly from [[European Union|EU]] states, as well as Eastern Europe. There are an estimated 5,000 illegal immigrants in Luxembourg.<ref> {{cite web|url=
http://www.compas.ox.ac.uk/publications/papers/Country%20Case%20Luxembourg.pdf|title=The Regularisation of Unauthorised Migrants: Literature Survey and Country Case Studies - Regularisation programmes in Luxembourg|accessdate=2006-09-02|format={{PDFlink}}|author=Amanda Levinson|publisher=Centre on Migration, Policy and Society, University of Oxford}}</ref>
{{Main|Religion in Luxembourg}}
Since [[1979]], it has been illegal to collect statistics on religious beliefs or practices.<ref>{{fr icon}} {{cite web | url=http://www.legilux.public.lu/leg/a/archives/1979/0291104/0291104.pdf#page=2 | title=Mémorial A, 1979, No. 29 | accessdate=2006-08-01 | format={{PDFlink}} | publisher=Service central de législation }}</ref> It is estimated that 87 percent% of Luxembourgers are [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholics]], and the other 13 percent% are mostly [[Protestantism|Protestants]], [[Orthodox Christianity|Orthodox Christians]], [[Judaism|Jews]], and [[Islam|Muslims]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/lu.html | title=World Factbook - Luxembourg | accessdate=2006-07-23 | date=10 May 2006 | publisher=CIA }}</ref> Luxembourg is a [[secular state]], but the state recognises certain religions as officially-mandated religions. This gives the state a hand in religious administration and appointment of clergy, in exchange for which the state pays certain running costs and wages. Currently, religions covered by such arrangements are Roman Catholicism, Judaism, [[Eastern Orthodox|Greek]] and [[Russian Orthodox Church|Russian]] Orthodoxy, and Protestantism.
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