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Calabria: the outcome of years of breaking the law
The death of at least 62 people at Calabria is the outcome of the EU breaking the law: the solution is simple. Obey the law.

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
Feb 27, 202315 min read
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Fiddling while cities collapse – ignoring reality creates imaginary ‘refugee and reception crises'
Brussels' 'tent city' is just the latest iteration of a 'crisis' which doesn't exist: we have more than enough buildings to house people.

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
Feb 25, 20233 min read
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Politicians must accept responsibility for the deaths of people in transit
We must hold politicians who attempt to prevent desperate people from travelling at least partially responsible for those people's deaths.

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
Feb 22, 20233 min read
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Mitarachis and the Turkish earthquakes: using catastrophe to spread bigotry
Greek Minister Notis Mitarachis' comment on the Turkish earthquakes may be electorally 'smart', but Greece and the EU deserve better.

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
Feb 21, 20233 min read
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Distraction and Dishonesty: Greece’s Migration Ministry and its distant relationship with truth
The Greek Migration Ministry's response to the New York Times is a mix of the irrelevant and the untrue. We deserve better.

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
Feb 21, 202314 min read
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Pushbacks, Mitarachis, and the ‘safety’ lie
Despite his claims to the contrary, Mitarachis' pushbacks from Greece are killing people in ever greater number each year.

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
Feb 11, 20236 min read
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Illegal discrimination and detention – the EU and the Greek government on new arrivals
The EU Commission is correct that Greece is breaking international law. But its own plans must also be opposed for the good of all humanity.

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
Feb 10, 20239 min read
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The end of ESTIA II: ethnic cleansing in Greece
ESTIA II worked for everyone in Greece. Its deliberate destruction by the Greek government looks a lot like ethnic cleansing.

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
Feb 7, 20236 min read
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‘A wall’, or ‘The collapse of the law’
The Greek government, backed by the EU and a UK ever closer to being a rogue state, is boasting about assaulting the law and human decency.

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
Jan 31, 202313 min read
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2022 Summary: Pushbacks: the facts, and the realities behind them.
Our 2022 report reveals that the numnber of pushbacks from Greece is likely far higher than previously believed, and why this is a disaster.

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
Jan 23, 202312 min read
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Concerning claims from Evros border
Several very significant questions must be answered about what happened at the Evros border on Friday 14 October 2022.

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
Oct 16, 20226 min read
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Sea blindness: Greece’s Maritime Ministry attacks EU’s legal watchdog
Greece's Maritime Ministry has published a delerious response to the OLAF report. It is time for the Greek government to go.

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
Oct 15, 202211 min read
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CNN wastes opportunity to speak to Mitarachis
When a country's government is as limited and unpleasant as Greece's, it needs its journalists to step up. CNN Greece failed to do so.

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
Oct 14, 20225 min read
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‘Convoy of light’ – what to expect from our governments
If a 'convoy of light' really is set to travel from Türkiye, we must be prepared to counter the lies with which the Right will respond.

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
Sep 10, 20223 min read
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Mitarachis: is he being hoodwinked? Are we?
Greece's Migration Minister Notis Mitarachis plans to spend millions of euros on 'border tech' Greece does not need. Is he being robbed?

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
Sep 10, 20223 min read
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UNHCR envoy suggests punishing parents if children travel for safety
Comments by UNHCR's Vincent Cochetel highlight a serious problem. We must stop falling into the Right's narrative trap of victim-blaming.

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
Sep 7, 20225 min read
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Mitsotakis disgraces Greece with joke about dead five-year-old girl
Greek Prime Minister Kiriakos Mitsotakis has brought shame on his office and his country by joking about the death of a five-year-old girl.

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
Aug 29, 202210 min read
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Josoor: human rights and human safety unravel before our eyes
The closure of Josoor points to some stark, disturbing truths. We are watcing human rights and human safety be snatched away by governments.

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
Aug 17, 20226 min read
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Ms. Baerbock: we already had the investigation. It is now time to act
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock wants an 'investigation' into the Greek government's barbaric pushbacks. We have already had it.

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
Jul 30, 20225 min read
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EU watchdog revelations mean Commissioners must resign
Frontex’ illegal acts, and the Commission’s response to them, mean Margaritis Schinas must leave, or be fired.

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
Jul 29, 20229 min read
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