Return orders issued to non-EU citizens

In 2017, Germany's return orders issued to non-eu citizens increased by 38.8% compared to 2016, reaching 97,165.

Germany accounts for 21.6% of the EU-27 total of 450,390.

Germany 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 385.8% (from 20,000 in 2012).

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