Return orders issued to non-EU citizens

In 2015, Portugal's return orders issued to non-eu citizens increased by 32.1% compared to 2014, reaching 5,080.

Portugal accounts for 1.1% of the EU-27 total of 458,625.

Portugal ranks 13th 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 46.1% (from 9,425 in 2010).

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