NGUYEN v. DENMARK - 2116/21 (Article 8 - Right to respect for private and family life : Fourth Section)

Art 8 • Expulsion • Private and family life • Disproportionate expulsion of settled migrant combined with twelve-year re-entry ban following convictions for serious offences • Question of applicant's subordinate role in offences not addressed • Lack of prior convictions and warnings of expulsion • No examination of criteria concerning "the best interests and well-being of the children" and of applicant's role as principal caregiver of her disabled daughter • Very strong ties with Denmark in contrast with her country of origin

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 (Fourth Section), sitting as a Chamber composed of:

Gabriele Kucsko-Stadlmayer , President , Faris Vehabović, Branko Lubarda, Anja Seibert-Fohr, Ana Maria Guerra Martins, Anne Louise Bormann, Sebastian Răduleţu , judges , and Andrea Tamietti, Section Registrar,

the application (no. 2116/21 ) against the Kingdom of Denmark lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms ("the Convention") by a Vietnamese national, Ms Thi Kim Oanh Nguyen ("the applicant"), on 22 December 2020;