Return orders issued to non-EU citizens

In 2016, Italy's return orders issued to non-eu citizens increased by 18.5% compared to 2015, reaching 32,365.

Italy accounts for 7.6% of the EU-27 total of 426,255.

Italy ranks 5th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 9.7% (from 29,505 in 2011).

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