CCPR/C/119/D/2681/2015 the authors was no longer valid, it expected them to be able to enter and stay legally in Italy, while applying for renewal of their expired residence permit. 5 2.11 As the decision of the Refugees Appeals Board was final, the authors were ordered to leave Denmark. On 8 April 2014, the Danish National Police attempted to deport the authors and their three children to Italy. The authors arrived at the airport in Rome together with six Danish police officers. The Danish police contacted the Italian authorities at the airport and presented the names of the authors and their children and a copy of the Italian confirmation of the subsidiary protection that had been granted to the authors in Italy. After a while, the Italian authorities informed the Danish police that they had not been informed of the authors’ arrival and that they would not readily accept their entry. The Italian police informed the Danish police that Italy found it strange that Denmark had not been in contact with Italy regarding the case since a request was made in June 2013 under the Dublin II Regulation. Furthermore, the subsidiary protection had expired and had not been renewed. The authors and their children were returned to Denmark the same day. 2.12 Subsequently, the Danish police made no other attempts to deport the authors to Italy. Upon return to Denmark, Y.A.A. contacted the Danish Immigration Service for help, and his request was forwarded to the Refugees Appeals Board as a request to reopen the case. On 2 July 2014, the Board requested the police to comment on whether it regarded the deportation of the authors to Italy as possible. On September 2014, F.H.M. gave birth to the authors’ fourth child, in Denmark. 2.13 On 24 March 2015, the Danish Refugee Council requested the Refugees Appeals Board to reopen the case. The Council made reference to the fact that the authors had been denied entry in Italy and that the Danish police had not made any efforts to deport the authors in the previous year. 2.14 On 14 April 2015, the Danish police informed the Refugees Appeals Board that they found it difficult to imagine that a deportation to Italy would become possible. On 1 June 2015, the Board once again requested the Danish police to comment on whether or not deportation of the authors would be possible or should be regarded as pointless. On 8 June 2015, the police requested the Ministry of Justice to assist it in its reply to the Board. On 30 June 2015, the police informed the Board that, on 11 June 2015, the Ministry of Justice had sent a request for consultation to the Italian authorities regarding the issue of return of foreign nationals to Italy and the possibility of renewing expired residence permits in Italy. On 21 July 2015, the Board decided not to reopen the case and made reference to the fact that the Ministry was at that time in contact with the Italian authorities. The decision of the Board was final and could not be appealed before a court. 2.15 Subsequently, the Refugee Appeals Board has informed the Danish Refugee Council by telephone that they had received a reply from the Italian authorities through the Danish police, dated 8 August 2015, and that the Italian authorities would now accept the entry of the family. The complaint 3.1 The authors allege that their deportation to Italy will put them and their four children at risk of inhuman and degrading treatment contrary to the best interest of the child, in violation of article 7 of the Covenant, as they would face homelessness, destitution and 5 4 In the decision, the Refugees Appeals Board refers to the information on Italian immigration rules as reproduced in European Court of Human Rights, Mohammed Hussein and Others v. the Netherlands and Italy, application 27725/10, 2 April 2013.