The return involved a violation of Article 3 (anti-torture and inhumane treatment), Article 4 of Protocol 4 (collective expulsion of aliens), and Article 13 (right to an effective remedy). 
Kuwarudisha wale wakimbizi kulivunja Kifungu cha 3 (kinachozuia utesaji na matendo ya kinyama), Kifungu cha 4 katika Ibara ya 4 (kuwafukuza wageni kwa pamoja), na Kifungu cha 13 (haki ya mkimbizi kupata ufumbuzi fanisi).