Published on 23 May 2022

SECOND SECTION

Application no. 18646/22 William Hakeem GOMA against Denmark lodged on 5 April 2022 communicated on 5 May 2022

SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE

The applicant is a Congolese national who entered Denmark in 2003, when he was 3 years old. By a judgment which became final on 19 November 2021, the applicant was convicted, notably, of robbery, and attempt thereof. He was sentenced to 2 years’ imprisonment, which included 306 days from a previous conviction. Moreover, he was expelled from Denmark with a life-long ban on returning.

The applicant complained that the order expelling him from Denmark was in violation of Article 8 of the Convention.

QUESTION TO THE PARTIES

Having regard, in particular, to the fact that the applicant has stayed legally in Denmark since 2003, and was sentenced to 2 years’ imprisonment, would the order to expel him from the country with a permanent re-entry ban be in breach of Article 8 of the Convention (see, for example, Abdi v. Denmark , no. 41643/19, 14 September 2021)?