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Pushbacks: Together Magazine, December 2023
Our article Pushbacks, in Finland's Together magazine, highlighting the Greek government's vicious and illegal anti-refugee campaign.

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
Feb 29, 20241 min read


EU must abandon plans to wreck, end, human lives
The EU has agreed two of the worst 'migration initiatives' in human history. Both must be abandoned, as they will kill people seeking safety

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
Aug 2, 202312 min read


Seven days from the Pylos catastrophe: lies, persecution and protest
Several updates from the week following the Pylos catastrophe: the Greek government running from responsibility, the law and human decency.

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
Jun 23, 202327 min read


Pylos: an unfolding catastrophe in which 650 deaths are still largely ignored
A note which includes the fact that the Greek Coastguard may have actively killed 650 men, women and children, and on what pushbacks are for

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
Jun 16, 20237 min read


Greece, Italy, ‘Eastern Libya’ and the EU: killers of 650 people
Greece, Italy, 'Eastern Libya' and the EU are responsible for killing 650 men, women and children today. We should not pretend they are not.

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
Jun 15, 202310 min read


Fatmata. A woman not killed ‘by accident’
The woman killed on Greece's border with N. Macedonia was Fatmata. She was 23. She was not killed 'by accident'. And this has to stop.

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
Apr 25, 20237 min read


It is time to stop
A woman was shot dead on Wednesday for trying to find a safe place to live. It is time to stop.

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
Apr 21, 20233 min read


SYRIZA cannot govern Greece by running from reality
SYRIZA's latest comment on refugees is worse than anything Nea Dimokratia has said. If the party wishes to govern, it must find some courage

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
Apr 7, 20237 min read


The EU must stop funding states which break international law
Greece's plan to spend EU cash on illegally operating a border wall underlines the bloc's need to stop all funding to law-breaking members.

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
Apr 6, 20236 min read


Δεν μπορώ να δεχτώ τη μετατροπή της αλληλεγγύης σε αδίκημα
The Greek version of our interview with UN Speecial Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders Mary Lawlor, published in EFSYN on 18 March 2023.

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
Mar 19, 20236 min read


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


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


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


‘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


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


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


OLAF publication indicates catastrophe for Frontex, Greece, EU Commission
The Olaf Report has been published. How is Greek Migration Miniser Notis Mitarachis still in a job? How is he not facing trial?

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
Oct 14, 20226 min read


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


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


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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