{"id":449186,"date":"2026-03-31T17:07:34","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T15:07:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/2026\/03\/31\/aumentano-del-13-per-cento-i-rimpatri-di-persone-migranti-dallue-verso-paesi-terzi\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T19:40:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T17:40:34","slug":"returns-of-migrants-from-the-eu-to-third-countries-have-risen-by-13-per-cent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/2026\/03\/31\/returns-of-migrants-from-the-eu-to-third-countries-have-risen-by-13-per-cent\/","title":{"rendered":"Returns of migrants from the EU to third countries have risen by 13 per cent"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brussels – In the fourth quarter of 2025<\/strong>, 33,860 people were returned<\/strong> from the European Union to third countries following a removal order. This represents a 13 per cent increase<\/strong> compared with the same period the previous year. At the same time, the number of third-country nationals who were ordered to<\/strong> leave<\/strong> the EU fell by 6.1 per cent<\/strong> (117,545 nationals). These are the figures that\u00a0Eurostat, the EU\u2019s statistical office,\u00a0published today (31 March)<\/a> on returns and removal orders from the EU.\u00a0Compared to the third quarter of 2025<\/strong> (May\u2013August 2025), there was a decrease in both the proportion of non-EU nationals ordered to leave<\/strong> the territory of a Member State (-4.4 per cent) and the number of returnees to third countries (-0.9 per cent).<\/p>\n

Citizens of Turkey (3,155) accounted for the majority of third-country nationals<\/strong> who were returned in the fourth quarter of 2025. They were followed by people from Georgia<\/strong> (2,390) and Syria<\/strong> (2,105). Meanwhile, the highest number of EU exit orders affected Algerian nationals (12,455, or 10.6 per cent of the total), followed by Moroccans (7,385, 6.3 per cent), Turks (5,225, 4.4 per cent), Afghans (4,010, 3.4 per cent) and Tunisians (3,770, 3.2 per cent).<\/p>\n

Germany<\/strong> (7,690), France<\/strong> (3,800), and Sweden<\/strong> (2,870) recorded the highest number of returns to third countries, whilst France (34,040), Spain (12,380), and Germany (10,720) recorded the highest proportion of orders to leave an EU country.<\/p>\n

Analysis of Eurostat data shows that 132,660 people were repatriated by the end of 2025<\/strong>: approximately 27 per cent of the 492,175 removal orders issued by European Union countries. It should be noted that orders and returns do not necessarily refer to the same individuals, but calculating this percentage annually offers an insight into how many measures are actually implemented.\u00a0Germany has the highest number of repatriations and the greatest return rate<\/strong> (53 per cent) among the main European countries. Meanwhile, in Italy, 4,780 individuals were repatriated out of around 21,295 departure orders.<\/p>\n