Return orders issued to non-EU citizens

In 2021, France's return orders issued to non-eu citizens increased by 15.7% compared to 2020, reaching 125,450.

France accounts for 35.1% of the EU-27 total of 356,995.

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 54.9% (from 81,000 in 2016).

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