Number of persons returned following an order to leave (2014)

‘Persons returned following an order to leave’ are third-country nationals who have in fact left (have been removed from the territory or assisted to leave) the EU territory following an administrative decision stating that they are not authorised to stay. Persons who left the country in one year might have received the order the year before, therefore the number of persons who actually left may be greater than those who have been subject to a return decision.
Data are not available for Austria, Germany, Finland, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. In 2013, Germany reported 19 180 illegally staying persons who left the territory, the Netherlands more than 8 000 and Austria almost 7 000.