Return orders issued to non-EU citizens

In 2018, Greece's return orders issued to non-eu citizens increased by 27.4% compared to 2017, reaching 58,325.

Greece accounts for 12.8% of the EU-27 total of 456,660.

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 grown by 35.2% (from 43,150 in 2013).

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