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CASE OF M.D. AND OTHERS v. HUNGARY (no. 60778/19)

Council of Europe (ECtHR)2024
FavorableLow precedent
Strategic issue

What was at stake

Whether the applicants' removal by Hungarian authorities constituted a collective expulsion of aliens in breach of the prohibition under Article 4 of Protocol No. 4

Key holding

What the court decided

The Court found a violation of Article 4 of Protocol No. 4, holding that the applicants were subjected to a collective expulsion. It further awarded the applicants non‑pecuniary damages under Article 41.

Issue areas

Categories

refugeeasylumnon-refoulementarticle 4 prot 4
Source

Authoritative link

Source of record
https://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-236076
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