in the global context, obligatory return of an individual to the country of origin, transit or third country (i.e. country of return), on the basis of an administrative or judicial act
in the EU context, the process of going back – whether in voluntary or enforced compliance with an obligation to return – to:
- one’s country of origin; or
- a country of transit in accordance with EU or bilateral readmission agreements or other arrangements; or - another third country, to which the third-country national concerned voluntarily decides to return and in which they will be accepted
Sunnitud tagasipöördumine. 2008. a saadeti KMA ja piirivalve poolt kokku Eestist välja 107 isikut, neist 4 olid EL kodanikud ning 10 kodakondsuseta isikut.
Compulsory return is understood as return which occurs once a return decision has been issued. Art. 3(3) of Directive 2008/115/EC (Return Directive) calls this ‘return’ (not ‘compulsory return’) but so as to avoid confusion with the return of migrants based on their free will and without any direction from
the State, we have named ‘return’ when occurring in compliance with a return decision, ‘compulsory return’.
