Return orders issued to non-EU citizens

In 2020, Portugal's return orders issued to non-eu citizens decreased by 46.5% compared to 2019, reaching 3,200.

Portugal accounts for 0.8% of the EU-27 total of 396,435.

Portugal ranks 15th 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 37.0% (from 5,080 in 2015).

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