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Nicolette Busuttil

@nikkibusu.bsky.social
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Lecturer in Law (SOAS University of London) researching the intersection of disability human rights with migration & refugee law | EU Law & IHRL Food-obsessed Southern Mediterranean immigrant (still) acclimatising to life in London.

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Nicolette Busuttil @nikkibusu.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
This Friday 12 June 6pm, the SOAS Centre for Human Rights Law @chrlsoas.bsky.social will host @disabmurals.bsky.social Rebecca Yeo for a conversation on her monograph, Disabling Migration Controls: Shared Learning, Solidarity and Collective Resistance. Registration: www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/...
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Book discussion: 'Disabling Migration Controls: Shared Learning, Solidarity and Collective Resistance'
Join us at the SOAS Centre for Human Rights Law for a book forum on 'Disabling Migration Controls: Shared Learning, Solidarity and Collective Resistance'.
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Lewis Graham @lewisgrahamlaw.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
In this post I explain the Supreme Court's recent decision overturning Cheshire West, what this now means for understanding what a deprivation of liberty looks like, and offer some brief comments on the reasoning and implications of the judgment administrativecourtblog.wordpress.com/2026/06/04/w...
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What is a deprivation of liberty?
Article 5 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) protects the right to liberty, and guarantees that nobody shall be “deprived” of their liberty unless certain conditions, set out in that…
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Andrea Maria Pelliconi @ampelliconi.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Our latest legal analysis of the first known case of "right to remain" in the UK amid displacement due to climate change has been published by the RLI blog 👇
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Comparing recent CJEU and European Court of Human Rights case law on pushbacks and pullbacks - by Prof. Jean-Yves Carlier and Dr. Eleonora Frasca eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2026/04/time...
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Time to ring the Bell: Luxembourg’s Light on Pushbacks, Strasbourg’s Shadow on Pullbacks
On Frontex’s Operational Powers, Allocation of Responsibility for Fundamental Rights Violations and Fragmented Justice   By Prof. Jean-Y...
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Is detention of migrants and asylum-seekers under the Italy/Albania deal compatible with EU law? Analysis of a recent Advocate-General's opinion, by Dr @andreinadeleo.bsky.social eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-...
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The Fiction of Non-Entry Meets the Fiction of Remaining: AG Emiliou in Sedrata
Andreina De Leo * , Post-doctoral researcher, Maastricht University   * Funded by the European Union (ERC, SoftEn project, 1011651...
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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Long thread: I've done interviews on Labour's latest anti-asylum policy today, but, unfortunately, had to turn down some for this evening. So, in addition to the clip from earlier, let me just set out why and how this latest Labour piece of cruelty won't work, but will cause far more harm. 1/38
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SOAS South Asia Institute @southasiainstitute.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
📸 PHOTO EXHIBITION: Authoritarianism, Law & the Remaking of Society 📍 Wolfson Gallery, SOAS Library 🗓 4 June - Sept 2025
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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 12/05/2025
christ, what a day to be an immigrant cursed with the ability to read
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Dr Maja Grundler @majagrundler.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
The new Special Issue of the Journal of Immigration, Asylum & Nationality Law which I co-edited with Violeta Moreno-Lax and @nikkibusu.bsky.social is out! The aim of this SI is to begin to investigate how we can translate legal academic work on immigration and asylum into practical legal arguments
Cover of Issue 39(1) of the Journal of Immigration, Asylum & Nationality Law with an overview of the issue's contents
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Refugee Law Initiative @rli-sas.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Online #RLI Seminar THIS MONTH 👇👇👇 Unsung asylum: The law and practice of refugee hosting in communist and authoritarian states, 21 March 2025, 11:00AM - 12:30AM GMT online via Zoom rli.sas.ac.uk/events/unsun... #Asylum #Refugees #RefugeeLaw #CommunistStates #Communism #AuthoritarianStates
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ILPA @ilpaimmigration.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
⚡ 40 years of ILPA! Our wonderful Patrons @berryadrianc.bsky.social, Elspeth Guild and Alison Stanley share their thoughts on our 40th anniversary. Read what they have to say 👇👇 ilpa.org.uk/forty-years-...
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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
The festive period can be a tough time for many people, for many different reasons. If you can help support organisations supporting others please do, and, if you need support, hopefully some of the organisations below can help. This is far from comprehensive so please do add more at the end. 👇
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SOAS University of London @soasuni.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese gave a public lecture at SOAS earlier this month, organised by our Centre for Human Rights Law. Speaking to a packed gallery, she called on the public to remain vocal and vigilant in our defence of human rights. Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9_m...
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Nicolette Busuttil @nikkibusu.bsky.social · 06/12/2023
At SOAS tomorrow -Adrian Berry (Garden Court Chambers), Tim Davies (Wilson Solicitors), Sile Reynolds (Freedom from Torture), Samia Bano (SOAS) and Nicola Palmer (KCL) discuss refugee protection in the aftermath of the Supreme Court's decision & ongoing efforts to remove asylum-seekers to Rwanda
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Non-refoulement in a Post-Rwanda Litigation Landscape
A conversation on the impact of the UK Supreme Court's decision in R(AAA) on non-refoulement and refugee protection.
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