Return orders issued to non-EU citizens

In 2016, France's return orders issued to non-eu citizens increased by 1.3% compared to 2015, reaching 81,000.

France accounts for 19.0% of the EU-27 total of 426,255.

France ranks 1st 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 2.9% (from 83,440 in 2011).

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