Return orders issued to non-EU citizens

In 2025, Italy's return orders issued to non-eu citizens decreased by 23.9% compared to 2024, reaching 21,295.

Italy accounts for 4.3% of the EU-27 total of 491,950.

Italy ranks 8th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 6.5% (from 22,785 in 2020).

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