Removals 2021, publication of 20 January 2022

The count of removals of illegal aliens is broken down according to three types of removals reflecting different methods of handling irregular immigration: 1. Forced removals (A), characterised by the taking of an expulsion decision and its enforcement by coercion, which comprise the following categories: — Returns of third-country nationals outside the European Union; — Readmission of third-country nationals to the European Union; — Return of EU nationals to their country. 2. Aided removals (C), characterised by the implementation of a removal measure without coercion, through return assistance. 3. Spontaneous removals (B), without constraint and without assistance, after a removal measure, the accounting of which is necessarily partial. Moreover, foreigners in an irregular situation may decide to leave the territory without having been the subject of an expulsion measure, while resorting to assistance. These are aided voluntary departures (D). Finally, from 1 July 2014, when an irregular alien presents himself at the border, although he has not been the subject of a prior expulsion decision, his exit from the territory is taken into account as a “spontaneous departure” 1 (E). The context of the pandemic crisis of Covid1-9 has further severely constrained the removals and departures of illegal aliens over the majority of 2021, which are a slight increase compared to 2020.非法移民遣返人数按三类遣返类型进行统计，每类对应不同的非常规移民处置方式： 1. 强制遣返（Forced removals, A）：以作出驱逐决定并通过强制手段执行为特征，包含以下子类： — 欧盟境外第三国国民遣返（Returns of third-country nationals outside the European Union）； — 第三国国民遣返接纳至欧盟（Readmission of third-country nationals to the European Union）； — 欧盟国民返回其国籍国（Return of EU nationals to their country）。 2. 协助遣返（Aided removals, C）：以通过返回援助实施遣返措施且未使用强制手段为特征。 3. 自愿自行离境（Spontaneous removals, B）：指无强制约束且无协助的情形，在作出遣返决定后实施，此类统计必然存在部分遗漏。 此外，处于非法居留状态的外籍人员可在未被作出驱逐决定的情况下，借助援助自行离开领土，此类情形称为协助式自愿离境（Aided voluntary departures, D）。 最后，自2014年7月1日起，若非法外籍人员主动前往边境且未被事先作出驱逐决定，其离境行为将被计为“自发离境”¹（E）。 2019冠状病毒病（COVID-19）大流行背景进一步严重制约了2021年大部分时段的非法移民遣返与离境活动，相较2020年，该类活动仅小幅回升。