Return orders issued to non-EU citizens

In 2014, Ireland's return orders issued to non-eu citizens decreased by 54.8% compared to 2013, reaching 970.

Ireland accounts for 0.2% of the EU-27 total of 407,195.

Ireland ranks 24th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 39.9% (from 1,615 in 2009).

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