M.D. AND OTHERS v. HUNGARY - 60778/19 (Article 4 of Protocol No. 4 - Prohibition of collective expulsion of aliens - {general} Non-pecuniary damage - a... : First Section)

Art 4 P4 • Prohibition of collective expulsion of aliens • Removal of an Afghan family to a narrow strip of State territory on external side of Hungarian border fence with Serbia amounting to expulsion • Removal not based on any valid decision ordering their removal to Serbia and with no consideration of Serbian authorities' refusal to readmit them • No indication that applicants' personal circumstances were genuinely and individually taken into account before removal

This judgment will become final in the circumstances set out in Article 44 � 2 of the Convention. It may be subject to editorial revision.

The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting as a Chamber composed of:

��������� Ivana Jelić , President , ��������� Alena Pol�čkov�, ��������� Krzysztof Wojtyczek, ��������� Lətif H�seynov, ��������� P�ter Paczolay, ��������� Gilberto Felici, ��������� Raffaele Sabato , judges , and Ilse Freiwirth, Section Registrar,

the application (no.  60778/19 ) against Hungary lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms ("the Convention") by six Afghan nationals, Mr M.D., Ms S.A., Mr M.A., Ms R.A., Ms M.H. and Mr A.A. ("the applicants"), whose details are given in the appendix, on 7 November 2019;