Return orders issued to non-EU citizens

In 2023, Malta's return orders issued to non-eu citizens increased by 18.8% compared to 2022, reaching 915.

Malta accounts for 0.2% of the EU-27 total of 488,115.

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 grown by 77.7% (from 515 in 2018).

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