The case concerned an applicant from Sierra Leone, unaccompanied minor, who complained about the reception conditions in Samos, where he arrived on 25 October 2019. The applicant also raised the issue of the procedure of age assessment and the fact of not being appointed a legal guardian, thus not benefiting from procedural safeguards during the examination of his application for international protection.

The court found a violation of Article 3 and 8 of the Convention, because the Greek authorities did not demonstrate to have acted with the required diligence with regard to procedural safeguards for the age assessment and the appointment of a legal guardian. On the reception conditions in Samos, the court noted that, based on the evidence in the file and reports from civil society organisations, the applicant resided in the vicinity of the Samos camp from 25 October 2019 onwards and in view of his status of unaccompanied minors, these conditions amounted to a violation of Article 3 ECHR.

The court also ruled that there has been a violation of Article 13 in conjunction with Articles 3 and 8 due to a lack of effective remedy for the applicant to complain about the reception conditions and the lack of a legal guardian.