Return orders issued to non-EU citizens

In 2019, Malta's return orders issued to non-eu citizens increased by 20.4% compared to 2018, reaching 620.

Malta accounts for 0.1% of the EU-27 total of 491,195.

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 37.4% (from 990 in 2014).

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