Return orders issued to non-EU citizens

In 2016, Belgium's return orders issued to non-eu citizens increased by 6.4% compared to 2015, reaching 33,020.

Belgium accounts for 7.7% of the EU-27 total of 426,255.

Belgium ranks 4th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 10.5% (from 36,885 in 2011).

Source: Eurostat dataset migr_eiord, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.