Return orders issued to non-EU citizens

In 2020, Ireland's return orders issued to non-eu citizens decreased by 68.6% compared to 2019, reaching 795.

Ireland accounts for 0.2% of the EU-27 total of 396,435.

Ireland ranks 26th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 9.1% (from 875 in 2015).

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