Return orders issued to non-EU citizens

In 2021, Italy's return orders issued to non-eu citizens decreased by 51.3% compared to 2020, reaching 11,095.

Italy accounts for 3.1% of the EU-27 total of 356,995.

Italy ranks 9th 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 65.7% (from 32,365 in 2016).

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