Return orders issued to non-EU citizens

In 2016, Greece's return orders issued to non-eu citizens decreased by 67.7% compared to 2015, reaching 33,790.

Greece accounts for 7.9% of the EU-27 total of 426,255.

Greece 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 fallen by 62.0% (from 88,820 in 2011).

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