Published on 26 February 2024
FOURTH SECTION
Application no. 38589/23
Dawoud QUASIMI
against Denmark
lodged on 18 October 2023
communicated on 6 February 2024
SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE
The applicant is an Afghan national. He entered Denmark when he was 13 years old. By a final Supreme Court judgment of 20 September 2020, the applicant was convicted of being in possession of various firearms and other weapons. He was sentenced to 3 years’ imprisonment and expelled from Denmark with a re-entry ban for 6 years.
The applicant complained that the order expelling him from Denmark was in violation of Article 8 of the Convention.
QUESTIONS TO THE PARTIES
1. 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 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 2021, and Sharifi v. Denmark, no. 31434/21, 5 September 2023)?
2. Under Danish legislation, notably Act no. 1454 of 25 November 2022 (Udlændinges adgang til Danmark på grundlag af visum), which requirements must the applicant fulfil in order to re-enter Denmark, when the six‑year re-entry ban has expired?
3. Can the Government provide any examples where persons belonging to group 5, as set out in annex 2 to the said Act, have been granted re-entry to Denmark after having been expelled for a limited period of time?