Return orders issued to non-EU citizens

In 2022, Belgium's return orders issued to non-eu citizens increased by 0.9% compared to 2021, reaching 19,275.

Belgium accounts for 4.2% of the EU-27 total of 461,710.

Belgium ranks 9th 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 40.2% (from 32,235 in 2017).

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