Return orders issued to non-EU citizens

In 2021, Portugal's return orders issued to non-eu citizens decreased by 47.8% compared to 2020, reaching 1,670.

Portugal accounts for 0.5% of the EU-27 total of 356,995.

Portugal ranks 19th 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 73.1% (from 6,200 in 2016).

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