Return orders issued to non-EU citizens

In 2021, Greece's return orders issued to non-eu citizens decreased by 25.2% compared to 2020, reaching 28,815.

Greece accounts for 8.1% of the EU-27 total of 356,995.

Greece ranks 4th 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 14.7% (from 33,790 in 2016).

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