Return orders issued to non-EU citizens

In 2020, Italy's return orders issued to non-eu citizens decreased by 15.3% compared to 2019, reaching 22,785.

Italy accounts for 5.7% of the EU-27 total of 396,435.

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 fallen by 16.6% (from 27,305 in 2015).

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