The European Union decided to expel a staggering 431,000 migrants, including 31,000 Moroccans, in 2023, as revealed in the latest migration and asylum report by Eurostat, the EU’s statistical office.
The Eurostat report titled “Migration and Asylum in Europe 2023” reveals that EU member states have issued orders for 31,000 Moroccan migrants to leave the EU territory.
This marks a substantial 27% increase in expulsions compared to the previous year.
Algerian nationals are at the forefront among non-EU citizens receiving expulsion orders, with 34,000 orders.
Moroccans, with 31,000 orders, and Pakistanis, with 25,000, also find themselves among the most affected groups by these expulsion measures.
Around 14,500 Moroccan nationals left the territory of the Member States following an order to leave between 2019 and 2021. This includes both voluntary and enforced returns.
France is the leading EU country in the number of return decisions, with 136,000 orders, constituting 31% of all EU orders.
Just two weeks after implementing a controversial immigration law, France, under the strict directives of President Emmanuel Macron, announced the expulsion of 4,686 people in 2023.
Most affected hail from North Africa, sub-Saharan Africa, and Central Europe.
The law includes provisions for the expulsion of criminal foreigners, even those in legal situations, such as individuals who arrived in France before age 13 or those married to French spouses.
Germany ranks second with 44,000 decisions (10%), followed by Croatia with 41,000 (9%), and Greece with 34,000 (8%).
In 2022, approximately 74,000 non-EU individuals faced expulsion from the EU territory due to decisions made by member states.
France and Sweden recorded the highest expulsion figures, totaling 8,600 and representing 12% of all returns to non-EU countries.
Germany followed closely with 7,700 expulsions, 11% of the total.
The EU reported approximately 1.1 million non-EU nationals in irregular situations in 2022, reflecting a 65% increase from the previous year.
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