Asylum applications in European Union nations from Albanian citizens have remained elevated in the current year, though not at the same levels seen in 2022.
Nonetheless, a considerable portion of these applicants is being directed to return to their country of origin.
Eurostat recently reported that during the second quarter of 2023, a total of 105,865 non-European Union citizens received deportation orders from a European Union country. Additionally, 26,600 individuals returned to another country following a deportation order.
Among non-EU countries, Albanian nationals hold the second position for the highest number of individuals returning after being subject to deportation orders.
According to Eurostat, the majority of returnees were from Georgia (9%), followed by Albania (8%), Moldova (5%), Turkey (5%), and India (4%).
In comparison to the same quarter in 2022, the number of non-EU nationals receiving deportation orders increased by 9%, while the count of individuals returning to another country surged by 29%.
When compared to the previous quarter of this year, the number of deportation orders witnessed a 5% decrease, while the number of returns remained stable.
Notably, the majority of those ordered to leave the EU end up returning to countries outside the European Union. This trend continued in the second quarter of 2023, where 76% of individuals returned to countries beyond the union’s borders.
Moroccans and Algerians constituted the largest groups among those who received deportation orders from EU territories in the second quarter of 2023 (8% each), with Turkish citizens (5%), Georgians (5%), and Afghans (4%) following suit.
Data categorized by countries revealed that France had the highest number of deportation orders issued to citizens from non-EU countries, trailed by Germany (10,600) and Greece (7,095).
Previous Eurostat data disclosed that in 2022, there were a total of 13,200 asylum applications in one of the European Union countries, marking the highest level since 2020.
This figure represented a 16% increase compared to the previous year.
For the initial half of this year, asylum applications registered a decline, totaling 3,535. This figure is 28% lower when contrasted with the corresponding period from the previous year.
