The Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights to which the case H.M.M. and Others v.  Latvia, no. 42165/21, had been allocated has relinquished jurisdiction in favour of the Grand Chamber of the Court.

The case concerns allegations by Iraqi nationals of Kurdish origin (adults and minors) of their summary return (pushback) at the Latvian-Belarusian border without any assessment of their asylum claims, the conditions of their detention in a forest near that border as well in a tent in Latvian territory, and the deprivation of their liberty in an accommodation centre for detained foreigners in Latvia.

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