327,000+ Foreigners Ordered to Leave EU in 2024
A total of 327,880 people were ordered to leave the European Union countries from the beginning of 2024 until the end of September. Nearly 35 per cent (112,335) of them were ordered to leave in the third quarter of the year alone, indicating the period between July and September.
According to data published by Eurostat, the EU Office for Statistics, the number of orders to leave has remained neutral while the number of returns to third countries is going up. In the third quarter of the year, 27,740 persons were returned to their home countries – 13 per cent more than the figure recorded in the second quarter, Schengen.News reports.
When compared with the same quarter of 2023, the number of non-EU citizens ordered to leave increased by four per cent, while the number of people returned to third countries increased by 35 per cent.
