Return orders issued to non-EU citizens

In 2017, Bulgaria's return orders issued to non-eu citizens decreased by 81.6% compared to 2016, reaching 2,600.

Bulgaria accounts for 0.6% of the EU-27 total of 450,390.

Bulgaria ranks 17th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 26.8% (from 2,050 in 2012).

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