Return orders issued to non-EU citizens

In 2019, Ireland's return orders issued to non-eu citizens increased by 83.0% compared to 2018, reaching 2,535.

Ireland accounts for 0.5% of the EU-27 total of 491,195.

Ireland ranks 18th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 161.3% (from 970 in 2014).

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