Key legal question
Whether the appellant had to be personally heard in the federal appeal proceedings
Extracted holding
No personal hearing was required; the case was clear and the procedural guarantees of Art. 6 ECHR do not apply in alien-law proceedings.
Extracted reasoning
The facts and law were considered unequivocal, so no further instruction measures were necessary. The Court therefore did not need to examine the sufficiency of the pleadings or allow an amendment of the appeal.