Return orders issued to non-EU citizens

In 2019, Germany's return orders issued to non-eu citizens decreased by 10.2% compared to 2018, reaching 47,530.

Germany accounts for 9.7% of the EU-27 total of 491,195.

Germany ranks 3rd 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 38.8% (from 34,255 in 2014).

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