Return orders issued to non-EU citizens

In 2018, Italy's return orders issued to non-eu citizens decreased by 25.3% compared to 2017, reaching 27,070.

Italy accounts for 5.9% of the EU-27 total of 456,660.

Italy ranks 6th 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 13.1% (from 23,945 in 2013).

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