Communicated on 11 January 2018

FIRST SECTION

Application no. 47287/17 Alagie TRAWALLI and O thers against Italy lodged on 5 July 2017

SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE

The application concerns thirteen unaccompanied minors migrants (see appendix below) hosted in the Hotspot of Taranto upon their arrival in Italy.

QUESTIONS tO THE PARTIES

1. Have the applicants been subjected to inhuman or degrading treatment, during their retention at the Hotspot of Taranto, taking into account also their vulnerable situation of unaccompanied minors, in breach of Article 3 of the Convention?

2. Were the applicants deprived of their liberty in breach of Article 5 § 1 of the Convention? Was the applicants ’ detention ordered “in accordance with a procedure prescribed by law”?

3. Were the applicants informed, in a language which they understood, of the reasons for their arrest, as required by Article 5 § 2 of the Convention?

4. Were the applicants brought promptly before a judge or other officer authorised by law to exercise judicial power, as required by Article 5 § 3 of the Convention?

5. Did the applicants have at their disposal an effective procedure by which they could challenge the lawfulness of their detention, as required by Article 5 § 4 of the Convention?

6. Was the applicants ’ retention an interference with their right to respect for their private and family life, within the meaning of Article 8 § 1 of the Convention? If so, was that interference in accordance with the law and necessary in terms of Article 8 § 2?

7. Did the applicants have at their disposal an effective domestic remedy for their Convention complaints, as required by Article 13 of the Convention?

A PPENDIX

The applicants are represented by D. Belluccio , lawyer practicing in Bari.