Return orders issued to non-EU citizens

In 2024, Portugal's return orders issued to non-eu citizens decreased by 65.9% compared to 2023, reaching 535.

Portugal accounts for 0.1% of the EU-27 total of 464,775.

Portugal 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 91.1% (from 5,980 in 2019).

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