FIRST SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 6796/16 A.A. and F.A. against the United Kingdom

The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 14 May 2019 as a Committee composed of:

Aleš Pejchal, President, Tim Eicke, Raffaele Sabato, judges,

and Renata Degener, Deputy Section Registrar ,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 29 January 2016,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicants, A.A. and F.A., are Nigerian nationals, who were born in 1982 and 2009 respectively and live in London. The President granted the applicants ’ request for their identity not to be disclosed to the public (Rule 47 § 4). They were represented before the Court by Wilson Solicitors LLP, lawyers practising in London.

The Government of the United Kingdom (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent s , Mr Chanaka Wickremasinghe and Mr Samuel Linehan of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

The applicants complained under Article 8 and 13 of the Convention about the refusal of their applications for leave to remain in the United Kingdom.

After the Government had been given notice of the applications, they informed the Court on 26 February 2019 that they had reached a settlement with the applicants regarding their leave to remain in the United Kingdom.

On 27 March 2019 the applicants confirmed to the Court that they wanted to withdraw their applications as a result of the settlement reached.

THE LAW

In the light of the above, the Court considers that the matter has been resolved within the meaning of Article 37 § 1 (b) of the Convention and that respect for human rights as defined in the Convention and its Protocols does not require it to continue the examination of the application under Article 37 § 1 in fine .

Accordingly, the case should be struck out of the list.

For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,

Decides to strike the application out of its list of cases.

Done in English and notified in writing on 6 June 2019 .

Renata Degener Aleš Pejchal Deputy Registrar President