Return orders issued to non-EU citizens

In 2023, France's return orders issued to non-eu citizens increased by 0.8% compared to 2022, reaching 136,685.

France accounts for 28.0% of the EU-27 total of 488,115.

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 29.5% (from 105,560 in 2018).

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