Return orders issued to non-EU citizens

In 2020, Germany's return orders issued to non-eu citizens decreased by 23.6% compared to 2019, reaching 36,330.

Germany accounts for 9.2% of the EU-27 total of 396,435.

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 fallen by 32.8% (from 54,080 in 2015).

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