Return orders issued to non-EU citizens

In 2021, Ireland's return orders issued to non-eu citizens decreased by 79.9% compared to 2020, reaching 160.

Ireland accounts for 0.0% of the EU-27 total of 356,995.

Ireland ranks 27th 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 88.2% (from 1,355 in 2016).

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