Return orders issued to non-EU citizens

In 2021, Malta's return orders issued to non-eu citizens increased by 17.8% compared to 2020, reaching 695.

Malta accounts for 0.2% of the EU-27 total of 356,995.

Malta ranks 26th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 67.5% (from 415 in 2016).

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