Return orders issued to non-EU citizens

In 2022, Germany's return orders issued to non-eu citizens increased by 4.3% compared to 2021, reaching 32,865.

Germany accounts for 7.1% of the EU-27 total of 461,710.

Germany ranks 5th 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 66.2% (from 97,165 in 2017).

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