Return orders issued to non-EU citizens

In 2019, Belgium's return orders issued to non-eu citizens decreased by 8.9% compared to 2018, reaching 22,010.

Belgium accounts for 4.5% of the EU-27 total of 491,195.

Belgium ranks 8th 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 37.6% (from 35,245 in 2014).

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