The case concerned an applicant who complained of his removal from Hungary to Serbia and alleged a violation of Article 4 of Protocol 4 and Article 13 of the Convention.

The applicant entered irregularly from Romania to Hungary on 1 June 2017, then to Austria, where the latter police handed him over to the Hungarian authorities who detained him along with two adult men. He was 16 years old when the events happened. During the interview he expressed the wish to apply for asylum. On 5 June 2017, together with two men, the applicant was transported to the border fence by the Hungarian officers and made to go towards Serbia.

The court found a violation of Article 4 of Protocol 4 (prohibition of collective expulsion) and stated that the removal of the applicant was carried out by means of the same procedure as in the Shahzad case, in particular without any decision or examination of his situation. The court added that the applicant was an unaccompanied minor at the time of the events and therefore in a situation of extreme vulnerability, a factor which takes precedence over the status of irregular migrant.

As for Article 13 of the Convention, the court rejected the claim as time barred.