Return orders issued to non-EU citizens

In 2018, Germany's return orders issued to non-eu citizens decreased by 45.5% compared to 2017, reaching 52,930.

Germany accounts for 11.6% of the EU-27 total of 456,660.

Germany ranks 4th 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 108.6% (from 25,380 in 2013).

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