FIRST SECTION

Application no . 48950/13 N.T.G. against Norway lodged on 2 April 2013

STATEMENT OF FACTS

The applicant is an Ethiopian national who, unsuccessfully, applied for asylum in Norway. He is represented before the Court by the Aire Centre in London ( Mr A. Weiss) and by the Norwegian law firm Endresen, Brygfjeld and Torrall.

COMPLAINTS

The applicant ’ s representatives complain that the applicant ’ s deportation to Ethiopia would be in violation of Articles 3 and 8 of the Convention.

They also complain that the applicant will be subjected to a 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 applicant ha s no remedy with automatic suspensive effect against the proposed collective expulsion.

QUESTIONS AND REQUESTS

1. Has the applicant failed to fulfill the requirement of exhaustion of domestic remedies in Article 35 § 1 of the Convention?

2. Would the applicant ’ s 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 decision of 28 March 2012, a copy of the Directorate of Immigration ’ s decision of 28 January 2011 and of other domestic decisions relevant to the applicant ’ s case.