Return orders issued to non-EU citizens

In 2022, Ireland's return orders issued to non-eu citizens increased by 293.8% compared to 2021, reaching 630.

Ireland accounts for 0.1% of the EU-27 total of 461,710.

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 43.0% (from 1,105 in 2017).

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