Return orders issued to non-EU citizens

In 2024, Malta's return orders issued to non-eu citizens decreased by 7.1% compared to 2023, reaching 850.

Malta accounts for 0.2% of the EU-27 total of 464,775.

Malta ranks 24th 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 37.1% (from 620 in 2019).

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