Return orders issued to non-EU citizens

In 2016, Ireland's return orders issued to non-eu citizens increased by 54.9% compared to 2015, reaching 1,355.

Ireland accounts for 0.3% of the EU-27 total of 426,255.

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 24.9% (from 1,805 in 2011).

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