Return orders issued to non-EU citizens

In 2018, Belgium's return orders issued to non-eu citizens decreased by 25.1% compared to 2017, reaching 24,160.

Belgium accounts for 5.3% of the EU-27 total of 456,660.

Belgium ranks 7th 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 49.1% (from 47,465 in 2013).

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