Return orders issued to non-EU citizens

In 2022, Malta's return orders issued to non-eu citizens increased by 10.8% compared to 2021, reaching 770.

Malta accounts for 0.2% of the EU-27 total of 461,710.

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 63.8% (from 470 in 2017).

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