Return orders issued to non-EU citizens

In 2017, Malta's return orders issued to non-eu citizens increased by 13.3% compared to 2016, reaching 470.

Malta accounts for 0.1% of the EU-27 total of 450,390.

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 79.2% (from 2,255 in 2012).

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