FIRST SECTION
Application no. 51184/13
T.W.G. against Norway
and five other applications
(see list appended)
STATEMENT OF FACTS
The applicants are Ethiopian nationals who, unsuccessfully, applied for asylum in Norway. They are represented before the Court by the Aire Centre in London (Mr A. Weiss) and by the Norwegian law firm Endresen, Brygfjeld and Torrall. The applications are lodged on 2 April 2013.
COMPLAINTS
The applicants’ representatives complain that their deportation to Ethiopia would be in violation of Articles 2 (in substance) and 3 of the Convention.
They also complain that the applicants will be subjected to collective expulsion to Ethiopia in violation of Article 4 of Protocol No. 4 and that there will be a breach of Article 13, in conjunction with the above‑mentioned provisions, as the applicants have no remedy with automatic suspensive effect against the proposed collective expulsion.
Lastly, in applications no. 51192/13, 51480/13 and 51652/13, they complain that the applicants’ deportation will also entail a breach of Article 8 of the Convention.
COMMON QUESTIONS and requests
1. Have the applicants failed to fulfil the requirement of exhaustion of domestic remedies in Article 35 § 1 of the Convention?
2. Would the applicants’ deportation to Ethiopia be incompatible with Article 3 of the Convention?
3. The Government are requested to submit an English translation of the Immigration Appeals Board’s decisions and copies of the Directorate of Immigration’s decisions and of other domestic decisions relevant to the applicants’ cases.
APPENDIX
List of applications
1. 51184/13T.W.G. v. Norway
2. 51192/13E.K.B. v. Norway
3. 51219/13M.T.K. v. Norway
4. 51480/13E.M.T. v. Norway
5. 51652/13E.A.L. v. Norway
6. 51666/13A.H.D. v. Norway
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