Table 21. Statistics Apprehensions- Voluntary/Assisted Voluntary returns
Year
Apprehensions
Voluntary/Assisted Voluntary Returns
2008
146,337
--
2009
126,145
--
2010
132,524
337
2011
99,368
2,607
2012
76,878
11,526
2013
43,002
9,962
Total
624,254
24,432
The available data also show that returns under the IOM are increasing in significance compared
to voluntary returns operated by the Police.
Figure 8. Annual Voluntary departures 2010-2013 IOM v. Police
Source: Data provided by Greek Police on 1 April 2014 and by IOM 2 June 2014
According to IOM, the top six nationalities voluntarily returning from 2010-2013 were: Pakistan,
Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Iraq, Morocco and Georgia.
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