Return orders issued to non-EU citizens

In 2015, Ireland's return orders issued to non-eu citizens decreased by 9.8% compared to 2014, reaching 875.

Ireland accounts for 0.2% of the EU-27 total of 458,625.

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 41.5% (from 1,495 in 2010).

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