Published on 9 May 2022

SECOND SECTION

Application no. 32739/21 Najibullah PAYAM against Denmark lodged on 16 June 2021 communicated on 19 April 2022

SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE

The applicant is an Afghan national. He entered Denmark when he was 3 years old. By a judgment which became final on 17 December 2020, the applicant was convicted of being in possession of a loaded gun in a public place. He was sentenced to 3 years’ imprisonment and 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 was sentenced to 3 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)?