Return orders issued to non-EU citizens

In 2023, Belgium's return orders issued to non-eu citizens increased by 27.0% compared to 2022, reaching 24,475.

Belgium accounts for 5.0% of the EU-27 total of 488,115.

Belgium ranks 6th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 1.3% (from 24,160 in 2018).

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