Return orders issued to non-EU citizens

In 2023, Romania's return orders issued to non-eu citizens increased by 48.0% compared to 2022, reaching 7,245.

Romania accounts for 1.5% of the EU-27 total of 488,115.

Romania 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 grown by 248.3% (from 2,080 in 2018).

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