
Lisa van Toor
@lisa_vantoor
Law Lecturer @MurdochUni ~ human rights, refugee & (crim)migration law | lawyer. all views (brilliant or otherwise) = mine. she/her🌈
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18-03-2020 20:34:59
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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 Andrew Giles MP for recognising the important role of CLCs, lawyers and migration agents to work together with refugees to end limbo

Explainer: High Court ruling in immigration case could impact hundreds of visa decisions since 2016 theconversation.com/explainer-high… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand

.Murdoch University human rights program - students so privileged to hear from human rights activist Abdul Aziz Adam today about his #refugee journey from Sudan to Australia, Manus, PNG. Now resident in Switzerland.


Thanks to Murdoch University for having me as guest speaker especially two days away from the 10th anniversary of 19 of July offshore detention police. 🙏🙏🙏

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 Türk and I share grave concerns in this respect. Here is our joint statement👇🏻 unhcr.org/news/press-rel…

Thank you Zaki Haidari for a very moving talk to students studying refugee law Murdoch University human rights program. He gave a moving first hand of #refugee experience and about the work of Amnesty International Australia 🕯 on refugees and what we can all do to uphold refugee rights





This is causing significant harm to an already grieving community. As David Shoebridge 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-news…


A short commentary written together with Lisa van Toor on the recent announcement to send 3 people from the NZYQ group to Nauru theconversation.com/australia-is-d… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand Murdoch University Murdoch University Research

Australia is deporting 3 non-citizens from the ‘NZYQ’ group to Nauru. What could it do instead? By Mary Anne Kenny + our new PhD candidate Lisa van Toor theconversation.com/australia-is-d… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand