Return orders issued to non-EU citizens

In 2018, Spain's return orders issued to non-eu citizens increased by 116.7% compared to 2017, reaching 59,255.

Spain accounts for 13.0% of the EU-27 total of 456,660.

Spain ranks 2nd out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 80.0% (from 32,915 in 2013).

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