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Number of removal orders delivered by each EU-27 country, 1997-2006

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EU-27 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Austria 16,867 16,992 17,071 14,855 11,592 9,858 11,070 9,408 5,239 4,904
Belgium 4,890 3,877 3,457 4,684 8,801 10,352 9,996 9,647 10,302 9,264
Bulgaria : : : 4,803 2,128 722 814 1,271 1,608 1,501
Cyprus : : : 2,791 3,204 2,932 3,307 2,982 3,015 3,222
Czech Republic : : : 3,943 6,375 4,873 2,602 1,528 2,730 1,228
Denmark : : : 1,339 3,056 1,627 3,100 3,093 2,225 1,986
Estonia : : : 394 317 255 171 101 60 91
Finland : : 1,205 2,501 1,514 2,223 2,773 2,775 1,900 1,410
France 9,637 7,570 7,821 9,230 8,604 10,015 11,692 15,672 18,120 21,271
Germany 64,869 69,989 56,539 55,813 43,950 31,311 30,176 26,807 19,988 15,407
Greece : : 184,501 225,713 167,199 45,299 40,930 35,942 51,079 54,756
Hungary 15,636 22,553 18,898 19,645 13,987 3,602 4,804 3,980 4,348 3,057
Ireland : : 6 186 364 : : : : :
Italy 4,700 8,950 8,978 23,955 23,836 33,289 31,013 27,402 24,001 16,597
Latvia : : : 152 226 197 375 234 162 141
Lithuania : : : 648 501 487 846 306 182 168
Luxembourg : : 64 128 118 : : 41 : :
Malta 383 450 604 515 699 952 847 680 962 781
Netherlands 39,441 36,206 36,894 25,209 16,548 22,579 23,206 11,714 12,386 12,669
Poland 6,847 5,954 : : : 6,847 5,879 6,042 5,141 9,272
Portugal : 106 906 1,143 607 1,991 2,798 3,507 6,162 1,079
Romania 1,320 1,564 1,172 654 686 333 500 650 616 680
Slovak Republic 1,404 2,759 2,827 2,453 2,011 1,069 1,293 2,528 2,569 2,185
Slovenia 6,577 6,111 6,040 8,855 9,017 4,268 3,209 2,632 3,133 3,173
Spain 27,773 22,723 23,840 23,942 26,801 26,257 26,757 27,364 25,359 33,235
Sweden : : : 1,885 4,505 6,854 7,355   8,122 3,793
United Kingdom 31,145 34,920 37,780 46,645 49,135 15,100 21,380 21,425 25,375 29,040
Total EU-27 231,489 240,724 408,603 482,081 405,781 243,292 246,893 217,731 234,784 230,910


Source: CIREFI data processed by MIREM. The data related to the United Kingdom are from the UK Home Office.

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(*) According to CIREFI, removed aliens are “persons other than those entitled under Community law who, having entered the country illegally, having resided in the country illegally or for other reasons, are returned to a third country”.



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