Return orders issued to non-EU citizens

In 2025, Germany's return orders issued to non-eu citizens decreased by 3.2% compared to 2024, reaching 55,240.

Germany accounts for 11.2% of the EU-27 total of 491,950.

Germany 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 52.1% (from 36,330 in 2020).

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