Return orders issued to non-EU citizens

In 2024, France's return orders issued to non-eu citizens decreased by 5.8% compared to 2023, reaching 128,740.

France accounts for 27.7% of the EU-27 total of 464,985.

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 4.0% (from 123,845 in 2019).

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