Return orders issued to non-EU citizens

In 2021, Netherlands's return orders issued to non-eu citizens decreased by 18.0% compared to 2020, reaching 17,300.

Netherlands accounts for 4.8% of the EU-27 total of 356,995.

Netherlands ranks 6th 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 31.6% (from 25,310 in 2016).

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