Return orders issued to non-EU citizens

In 2025, Bulgaria's return orders issued to non-eu citizens decreased by 54.2% compared to 2024, reaching 3,880.

Bulgaria accounts for 0.8% of the EU-27 total of 491,950.

Bulgaria 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 grown by 216.7% (from 1,225 in 2020).

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