Return orders issued to non-EU citizens

In 2021, Belgium's return orders issued to non-eu citizens decreased by 6.0% compared to 2020, reaching 19,105.

Belgium accounts for 5.4% of the EU-27 total of 356,995.

Belgium ranks 5th 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 42.1% (from 33,020 in 2016).

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