Return orders issued to non-EU citizens

In 2019, Bulgaria's return orders issued to non-eu citizens decreased by 4.6% compared to 2018, reaching 1,245.

Bulgaria accounts for 0.3% of the EU-27 total of 491,195.

Bulgaria ranks 24th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 90.3% (from 12,870 in 2014).

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