France continues to be the country in Europe ordering that the largest number of citizens not belonging to the EU abandon their territory, according to the latest data published by Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Union
In total, 453,920 people were ordered to leave an EU country in 2024, an increase of 4 percent compared to 435,685 in 2023, an analysis of Eurostat data for local shows.
The figure was 124,935 in the last three months of the year, an increase in 16 percent compared to the same period in 2023.
France heads the table
France headed the European table for being the country that ordered that the largest number of citizens who are not left to be left – 128,250 in 2024, although that figure represented a decrease compared to the 137,880 in 2023.
Germany continued, with 57,080 orders to leave in 2024. Allegh that was a 27 percent increase compared to 44,625 in 2023. Spain ordered 51,030 nationals not of the EU to be left in 2024, more than a fine of the fine of the fine with the covel of the fine with the covel of the module order Modreated. Issued by EU Member States last year.
In comparison, Italy ordered that 27,975 people will leave in 2024, Belgium 26,075, the Netherlands 19,075, Sweden 17,015 and Denmark 2.170. Among other European countries, Norway expelled 3,640 people in 2024, compared to 4,035 in 2023, and Switzerland 8,465 compared to 3,920 the previous year.
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Countries of origin
The number of British citizens The EU countries were ordered to leave in 2024 remained stable, compared to the previous year, in 1,075.
The highest numbers were recorded in the Netherlands (275) and Sweden (190). Norway, not an EU country, but part of the Schengen free circulation area, also ordered 190 British National to leave its territory last year.
In the last three months of 2024, most people ordered to leave the territory of an EU country were citizens of Algeria (11,362), followed by Syria, Morocco, Afghanistan and Türkiye.
Duration The same period, 28,630 people were returned to countries that are not from the EU after the issuance of an order to leave, a 24 percent increase during the same period of the previous year. Germany, France and Sweden reported the highest numbers.
The Georgians, the Turks and the Albanians were the largest groups of citizens who are not from the EU the EU in the last three months of 2024.
In general, more than half of the returns (57 percent) referred to people who voluntarily, while 43 percent were forced. In Italy and Romania, all informed returns were enforced, while in Denmark, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, more than 90 percent were recorded as volunteers, reports Eurostat.
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