Return orders issued to non-EU citizens

In 2019, France's return orders issued to non-eu citizens increased by 17.3% compared to 2018, reaching 123,845.

France accounts for 25.2% of the EU-27 total of 491,195.

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 42.4% (from 86,955 in 2014).

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