The number of people deported from European Union member states rose by almost 10% in the second quarter from the same period a year earlier, the EU’s statistics office Eurostat said on Wednesday.
EU countries issued orders requiring 110,335 non-EU citizens to leave the bloc in the second quarter of 2026, while 36,825 people were actually returned to countries outside the EU, according to the report.
Compared with the second quarter of 2025, the number of non-EU citizens ordered to leave the bloc fell by 12%, while the number of people actually deported rose by 9.7%. Compared with the previous quarter, the number of people ordered to leave fell by 3.9%, while the number of people deported increased by 5.9%.
Algerian, Moroccan and Syrian nationals accounted for the largest groups among non-EU citizens ordered to leave in the second quarter of 2026, with 10,390, 6,200 and 5,180 people respectively. Among those deported, Turkish nationals accounted for the largest group at 3,765, followed by Syrians at 2,770 and Georgians at 2,140.
France, with 32,420 people, Portugal, with 11,190, and Germany, with 8,160, recorded the highest numbers of non-EU citizens ordered to leave. Germany recorded the highest number of deportations, at 8,400, followed by France with 3,825 and Poland with 3,005, Eurostat said.
