Return orders issued to non-EU citizens

In 2024, Germany's return orders issued to non-eu citizens increased by 27.9% compared to 2023, reaching 57,075.

Germany accounts for 12.3% of the EU-27 total of 464,985.

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 20.1% (from 47,530 in 2019).

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