Return orders issued to non-EU citizens

In 2021, Germany's return orders issued to non-eu citizens decreased by 13.3% compared to 2020, reaching 31,515.

Germany accounts for 8.8% of the EU-27 total of 356,995.

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 fallen by 55.0% (from 70,005 in 2016).

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