Return orders issued to non-EU citizens

In 2016, Netherlands's return orders issued to non-eu citizens increased by 33.1% compared to 2015, reaching 25,310.

Netherlands accounts for 5.9% of the EU-27 total of 426,255.

Netherlands ranks 7th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 14.2% (from 29,500 in 2011).

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