Return orders issued to non-EU citizens

In 2024, Greece's return orders issued to non-eu citizens increased by 5.8% compared to 2023, reaching 31,565.

Greece accounts for 6.8% of the EU-27 total of 464,985.

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 60.0% (from 78,880 in 2019).

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