France returned the most people—more than 3,000—out of over 25,000 migrants who were deported out of the EU in the second quarter of 2024, Euro News writes.
The number of migrants ordered to leave the EU has gone down—it’s 10% smaller compared to a year ago—but a huge gap remains between those who receive an order to leave and those who actually end up being repatriated.
According to the latest Eurostat data, out of 96,115 non-EU citizens who were ordered to leave the EU between May and August 2024, less than a third (25,285) actually left the bloc.
This gap however seems to be narrowing, as the number of people returned to third countries increased by 21.3% when compared with the same quarter of 2023.
In the second quarter of 2024, France enforced the most migrant deportations in the EU (3,870), followed by Germany (3,710) and Sweden (3,185).
France also recorded the highest number of repatriation orders issued (31,195), followed by Germany (12,885) and Greece (6,555).
Algerians and Moroccans are the largest nationalities who received an order to leave EU territory in the second quarter of 2024, accounting for 7% of the total, followed by Turks and Syrians (each with 6%).
However, in terms of those who effectively left the EU, the largest nationalities are Georgians (10%), followed by Albanians (8%) and Turkish(7%).
