Published on 16 May 2022
SECOND SECTION
Applications nos. 60766/19 and 61126/19
Mohammed FATEH against Denmark
and Ayman BELGACEM against Denmark
lodged on 19 November 2019 and 22 November 2019 respectively
communicated on 28 April 2022
SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE
The applicants had dual nationality, respectively, Danish and Moroccan, and Danish and Algerian. By a judgment which became final on 24 May 2019, the applicants were convicted for having attempted to join Islamic State in Syria with the purpose of committing terrorist crimes. They were sentenced to 3 years’ imprisonment. Moreover, they were deprived of their Danish citizenship and their expulsion from Denmark was ordered with a life-long ban on returning.
The applicants complained that the order to withdraw their Danish citizenship and to expel them was in violation of Article 8 of the Convention.
QUESTION TO THE PARTIES
Having regard, in particular, to the fact that the applicants were sentenced to 3 years’ imprisonment, would the order to expel them from the country with a life-long ban on returning be in breach of Article 8 of the Convention (see, notably Adam Johansen v. Denmark (dec.), 27801/19, 1 Fe
bruary 2022 and Laraba v. Denmark (dec.), 26781/19, 22 March 2022)?