CASE OF M.L. AND OTHERS v. RUSSIA (no. 25079/19)
What was at stake
Whether the applicants' pre‑expulsion detention was lawful and whether they had an adequate mechanism to challenge its lawfulness under the right to liberty and security.
What the court decided
The Court held that the applicants' pre‑expulsion detention lacked a lawful basis, violating the right to liberty and security. It also found that the applicants were denied an effective judicial review of the lawfulness of their detention, constituting a further violation of that right.
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