Return orders issued to non-EU citizens

In 2019, Greece's return orders issued to non-eu citizens increased by 35.2% compared to 2018, reaching 78,880.

Greece accounts for 16.1% of the EU-27 total of 491,195.

Greece 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 grown by 7.1% (from 73,670 in 2014).

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