Beldjoudi v. France (Judgment)

Abstract

Aliens — Deportation — Deportation for criminal offences of alien who had always lived in respondent State — Limits on rights of States to deport aliens — Human rights — Right to respect for family life

Human rights — Right to respect for family life — Whether deportation an interference with right to respect for family life — Whether deportation in accordance with the law and in pursuit of a legitimate aim — Whether deportation necessary in a democratic society — Requirements of a pressing social need and proportionality to the legitimate aim pursued — Seriousness of criminal record — Nationality of the first applicant, his family and relatives — Length of residence in respondent State and inability to speak Arabic — Nationality of second applicant — Inability to speak Arabic and possible legal barriers to her transfer to Algeria — Resulting threat to marriage — European Convention on Human Rights, 1950, Article 8

Nationality — Resumption of nationality — Compatibility of law regulating loss and retention of nationality with International Convention for the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, 1965