Published on 20 February 2023

FOURTH SECTION

Application no. 5199/23 Zana SHARAFANE against Denmark lodged on 28 January 2023 communicated on 31 January 2023

SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE

The applicant is an Iraqi national. He was born in Denmark. By a High Court judgment which became final on 28 September 2022, the applicant was convicted of drug offences. He was sentenced to 2 years and 6 months’ imprisonment and his expulsion from Denmark was ordered with a 6 ‑ year re ‑ entry ban.

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 2 years and 6 months’ imprisonment, would the order to expel him from the country with a 6-year re-entry ban be in breach of Article 8 of the Convention (see, for example, Abdi v. Denmark , no. 41643/19, 14 September)?