Return orders issued to non-EU citizens

In 2024, the EU-27 figure for return orders issued to non-eu citizens was 464,985 .

That is a 4.7% fell versus 2023 (488,115).

Over the five years before that, the EU-27 aggregate moved 5.3% lower.

Across member states, France reported the highest value (137,550, 2025) and Slovakia the lowest (500, 2025) — a ratio of 275.1× between the two ends of the range.

The figures below come from Eurostat dataset migr_eiord; every value links back to the canonical source.