FIRST SECTION

Application no . 51184/13 T.W.G. against Norway and five other applications (see list appended)

STATEMENT OF FACTS

The applicants are Ethiopian nationals who, unsuccessfully, applied for asylum in Norway . They are represented before the Court by the Aire Centre in London ( Mr A. Weiss) and by the Norwegian law firm Endresen, Brygfjeld and Torrall. The applications are lodged on 2 April 2013.

COMPLAINTS

The applicants ’ representatives complain that their deportation to Ethiopia would be in violation of Articles 2 (in substance) and 3 of the Convention .

The y also complain that the applicants will be subjected to collective expulsion to Ethiopia in violation of Article 4 of Protocol No. 4 and that there will be a breach of Article 13 , in conjunction with the above ‑ mentioned provisions, as the applicants have no remedy with automatic suspensive effect against the proposed collective expulsion.

Lastly, in applications no. 51192/13, 51480/13 and 51652/13 , the y complain that the applicants ’ deportation will also entail a breach of Article 8 of the Convention.

COMMON QUESTIONS and requests

1. Have the applicants failed to fulfil the requirement of exhaustion of domestic remedies in Article 35 § 1 of the Convention?

2. Would the applicants ’ deportation to Ethiopia be incompatible with Article 3 of the Convention?

3. The Government are requested to submit an English translation of the Immigration Appeals Board ’ s decisions and copies of the Directorate of Immigration ’ s decisions and of other domestic decisions relevant to the applicants ’ cases.

APPENDIX

List of applications

1. 51184/13 T.W.G. v. Norway

2. 51192/13 E.K.B. v. Norway

3. 51219/13 M.T.K. v. Norway

4. 51480/13 E.M.T. v. Norway

5. 51652/13 E.A.L. v. Norway

6. 51666/13 A.H.D. v. Norway