Return orders issued to non-EU citizens

In 2023, Italy's return orders issued to non-eu citizens decreased by 6.1% compared to 2022, reaching 26,460.

Italy accounts for 5.4% of the EU-27 total of 488,115.

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 fallen by 2.3% (from 27,070 in 2018).

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