Return orders issued to non-EU citizens

In 2018, France's return orders issued to non-eu citizens increased by 24.7% compared to 2017, reaching 105,560.

France accounts for 23.1% of the EU-27 total of 456,660.

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 grown by 24.3% (from 84,890 in 2013).

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