Return orders issued to non-EU citizens

In 2018, Portugal's return orders issued to non-eu citizens decreased by 20.3% compared to 2017, reaching 4,590.

Portugal accounts for 1.0% of the EU-27 total of 456,660.

Portugal ranks 14th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 15.8% (from 5,450 in 2013).

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