Which country deports the maximum number of people in the EU ?
Immigration is a hot button topic. So which countries are the most risky to immigrate to in the EU?
The EU remains a favourable safe haven for Middle Eastern and African nationalities to immigrate to, given economic and political reasons. The EU is also a region which is struggling with labour shortage, and a lot of them have reformed their immigration rules in recent years.
And yet, somehow, cultural differences make immigration a prickly debate and realpolitik issue.
To start with, let’s look at the countries which have the maximum number of immigrants in the EU per Eurostat data.
Cursory eye level gazing would suggest, Germany, France, Italy and Spain vouch for the majority. And not surprising, given the image and socio economic context of these countries.
So it should also not come as a surprise that these are also among the top countries deporting the maximum number of immigrants every year. The more you attract, the more you may need to reject due to various reasons.
Being a popular country has its own set of challenges!
Well the French and the Germans lead the way, though to it’s credit, Germany does also accept the maximum number of applicants.
Some more interesting stats:
141 060 non-EU citizens refused entry into the EU in 2022: +1Â % compared with 2021
In 2022, some 141 060 non-EU citizens were refused entry into the EU at one of its external borders, up 1Â % compared with 139 000 in the previous year, 2021.
The largest number of refusals of entry were reported by Poland (23 330), followed by Hungary (15 780), Croatia (11 800) and Ireland (9 240).
Ukrainian citizens accounted for the largest number of refusals (28 890, 43Â % drop compared with 2021). The next largest numbers were recorded for citizens of Albania (15 630) and Russia (10 860). The number of non-EU citizens who were refused entry into the EU stood at 141 055 in 2022; this was up 1Â % compared with the number recorded in 2021.
Illegally present non-EU citizens: +59Â % compared with 2021
In 2022, around 1.08 million non-EU citizens were found to be illegally present in the EU, representing a 59Â % increase compared with 2021 (679 730)
Hungary reported the largest number of non-EU citizens found to be illegally present in the EU (222 520), followed by Germany (198 310) and Italy (138 420).
Syrians accounted for the highest number of people found to be illegally present in the EU (175 960). The next highest numbers were recorded for citizens of Afghanistan (119 520) and Morocco (60 215). In addition to that, the number of the non-EU citizens ordered to leave EU Member States: +23Â % compared with 2021.
In 2022, some 422 400 non-EU citizens were ordered to leave the territory of the EU countries, up 23Â % compared with the previous year (342 100)
Among EU countries, France reported the largest number of non-EU citizens ordered to leave its territory (135 650), followed by Croatia (40 525) and Greece (33 500).
The highest number of people ordered to leave a Member State territory was observed among Algerians (33 535), Moroccans (30 510) and Pakistanis (25 280).
Around 94 970 non-EU citizens returned to another country
In 2022, some 94 970 non-EU citizens returned to another country following an order to leave the territory of a specific EU country.
France reported the largest number of non-EU citizens returned (14 240), followed by Germany (13 130) and Sweden (10 490).
Albanians (9 950) topped the list of non-EU citizens returned to another country, followed by Georgians (8 040) and Syrians (5 590)
Source: Data and stats compiled from Eurostat