Return orders issued to non-EU citizens

In 2016, Malta's return orders issued to non-eu citizens decreased by 27.8% compared to 2015, reaching 415.

Malta accounts for 0.1% of the EU-27 total of 426,255.

Malta ranks 27th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 76.0% (from 1,730 in 2011).

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