Return orders issued to non-EU citizens

In 2021, Bulgaria's return orders issued to non-eu citizens increased by 11.8% compared to 2020, reaching 1,370.

Bulgaria accounts for 0.4% of the EU-27 total of 356,995.

Bulgaria ranks 20th 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 14,120 in 2016).

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