Return orders issued to non-EU citizens

In 2020, Spain's return orders issued to non-eu citizens increased by 32.7% compared to 2019, reaching 50,285.

Spain accounts for 12.7% of the EU-27 total of 396,435.

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 50.1% (from 33,495 in 2015).

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