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Lisa van Toor

@Lisa_vanToor

Law Lecturer @MurdochUni ~ human rights, refugee & (crim)migration law | lawyer. all views (brilliant or otherwise) = mine. she/her🌈

 Whadjuk Noongar Boodja (Perth)
Joined March 2020
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The non-citizens in the NZYQ group cannot be returned to their country of origin. But sending them to Nauru just pushes the issue onto a poorer country. @maryannekenny @Lisa_vanToor @MurdochUni theconversation.com/by-sendi…
By sending non-visa holders to Nauru, Australia is shifting its responsibilities

By sending non-visa holders to Nauru, Australia is shifting its responsibilities

The non-citizens in the NZYQ group cannot be returned to their country of origin. But sending them to Nauru just pushes the issue onto a poorer country.

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By sending non-visa holders to #Nauru, Australia is shifting its responsibilities, write @Lisa_vanToor and @maryannekenny today theconversation.com/by-sendi… via @ConversationEDU
By sending non-visa holders to Nauru, Australia is shifting its responsibilities

By sending non-visa holders to Nauru, Australia is shifting its responsibilities

The non-citizens in the NZYQ group cannot be returned to their country of origin. But sending them to Nauru just pushes the issue onto a poorer country.

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Australia is deporting 3 non-citizens from the ‘NZYQ’ group to Nauru. What could it do instead? By @maryannekenny + our new PhD candidate @Lisa_vanToor theconversation.com/australi… via @ConversationEDU
Australia is deporting 3 non-citizens from the ‘NZYQ’ group to Nauru. What could it do instead?

Australia is deporting 3 non-citizens from the ‘NZYQ’ group to Nauru. What could it do instead?

One concern is the precedent this agreement with Nauru sets for how other countries may treat refugees with criminal convictions.

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A short commentary written together with @Lisa_vanToor on the recent announcement to send 3 people from the NZYQ group to Nauru theconversation.com/australi… via @ConversationEDU @MurdochUni @MUniResearch
Australia is deporting 3 non-citizens from the ‘NZYQ’ group to Nauru. What could it do instead?

Australia is deporting 3 non-citizens from the ‘NZYQ’ group to Nauru. What could it do instead?

One concern is the precedent this agreement with Nauru sets for how other countries may treat refugees with criminal convictions.

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Anna@annactalbot10 May 2024
#ASF17 handed down today, here are a few thoughts: there were two judgments, one by 6 judges, and one by Edelman alone. They all agreed that ASF17's claim to be released from immigration detention should be dismissed, but Edelman J's reasons were very nuanced
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This is causing significant harm to an already grieving community. As ⁦@DavidShoebridge⁩ said: “It is beyond cruel to deny people fleeing the onslaught in Gaza the possibility of safety because they might be unable to return to their homes.” theguardian.com/australia-ne…
Palestinians were refused Australian visitor visas due to concerns they would not ‘stay temporarily’

Palestinians were refused Australian visitor visas due to concerns they would not ‘stay temporarily’

Senators label refusing 150 people with Palestinian citizenship visas into Australia during first months of conflict as ‘cold-blooded’ and ‘cruel’

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The ICJ has yet to fully examine the merits of the South Africa v Israel case but has recognised the plausibility that Israel has committed acts of genocide in Gaza. The Court has recommended several provisional measures that have not been acted upon (and openly violated) by Israel and influential members of the international community. I did investigate the merits and my conclusion is that Israel has committed acts of genocide in Gaza, and tried to justify its genocidal logic as IHL compliant. instagram.com/reel/C5UETyCL7…
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Freed immigration detainee sues Australian government for damages for alleged false imprisonment theguardian.com/australia-ne…

Freed immigration detainee sues Australian government for damages for alleged false imprisonment

Stateless Kurdish man’s compensation case is the first sparked by high court ruling that indefinite detention is unlawful

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@CIJ_ICJ29 Dec 2023
PRESS RELEASE: #SouthAfrica institutes proceedings against #Israel and asks the #ICJ to indicate provisional measures bit.ly/3GZnYpZ
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Thank you @ZakiHaidariAU for a very moving talk to students studying refugee law @MurdochUni human rights program. He gave a moving first hand of #refugee experience and about the work of @amnestyOz on refugees and what we can all do to uphold refugee rights
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The new migration bill passed by the UK Parliament violates the country’s international human rights and refugee law obligations. High Commissioner for Human Rights @volker_turk and I share grave concerns in this respect. Here is our joint statement👇🏻 unhcr.org/news/press-release… – at Geneva, Switzerland
UK Illegal Migration Bill: UN Refugee Agency and UN Human Rights Office warn of profound impact on...

UK Illegal Migration Bill: UN Refugee Agency and UN Human Rights Office warn of profound impact on...

GENEVA – The Illegal Migration Bill, which has now been passed by Parliament in the United Kingdom, is at variance with the country’s obligations under international human rights and refugee law and...

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Thanks to @MurdochUni for having me as guest speaker especially two days away from the 10th anniversary of 19 of July offshore detention police. 🙏🙏🙏 – at Geneva, Switzerland
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.@MurdochUni human rights program - students so privileged to hear from human rights activist @Abdulaziz_Ada today about his #refugee journey from Sudan to Australia, Manus, PNG. Now resident in Switzerland.
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.@MurdochUni human rights program - students so privileged to hear from human rights activist @Abdulaziz_Ada today about his #refugee journey from Sudan to Australia, Manus, PNG. Now resident in Switzerland.
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Explainer: High Court ruling in immigration case could impact hundreds of visa decisions since 2016 theconversation.com/explaine… via @ConversationEDU
Explainer: High Court ruling in immigration case could impact hundreds of visa decisions since 2016

Explainer: High Court ruling in immigration case could impact hundreds of visa decisions since 2016

The immigration minister still retains ‘god-like’ powers in visa matters, but the ruling is at least an opportunity to make the process clearer, fairer and more transparent.

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The announcement for permanency includes $9.4 million for legal centres to provide advice and assistance to people on TPVs & SHEVs. Thank you @andrewjgiles for recognising the important role of CLCs, lawyers and migration agents to work together with refugees to end limbo
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“It makes no sense — economically or socially — to keep them in limbo.” sbs.com.au/news/article/thou…
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A moral and financial black hole. “At the current rate – based on 65 people – it is costing Australian taxpayers more than $2.1m each year to hold a single person on the island.” US operator accused of ‘gross negligence’ wins $420m Nauru contract theguardian.com/australia-ne…
Operator accused of ‘gross negligence’ wins $420m contract to manage Australia’s offshore process...

Operator accused of ‘gross negligence’ wins $420m contract to manage Australia’s offshore process...

Scandal-plagued US firm MTC will be responsible for ‘garrison and welfare’ of around 70 asylum seekers on Pacific island

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Waiting for confirmation and hoping this brings some certainty for all 31000. amp.smh.com.au/politics/fede…
‘I can see my family again’: More than 19,000 refugees to qualify for permanent residency

‘I can see my family again’: More than 19,000 refugees to qualify for permanent residency

They’ve been waiting for a decade or more, but now many of the asylum seekers who arrived by boat in the Rudd/Gillard years will no longer be in limbo.

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Julia Zemiro@julia_zemiro1 Dec 2022
I stand with Brittany Higgins. 🧡
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"Young women may be more ideologically drawn to the left than those older and wiser to the ways of the world, particularly those who had the dubious fortune of attending university." women going to university a dubious fortune? Sounds a bit Talibanny to me. #nswpol
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