Return orders issued to non-EU citizens

In 2016, Germany's return orders issued to non-eu citizens increased by 29.4% compared to 2015, reaching 70,005.

Germany accounts for 16.4% of the EU-27 total of 426,255.

Germany ranks 2nd 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 298.9% (from 17,550 in 2011).

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