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Greek government carries out highest ever number of illegal pushbacks
In September this year, the Greek government illegally pushed back the highest ever number of men, women and children arriving in Greece.

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
Oct 11, 20234 min read
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Caretaker government breaks, misleads regarding, refugee law
Correcting some elemental errors on refugee law, and noting the quickest, smartest and most effective way to end people 'smuggling'.

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
Jun 23, 20234 min read
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A police officer shoots a man in the head. The response cannot be ‘nothing’
A Greek police officer shot a man in the head as he ran away from him. Regardless of claims and labels, we have to stop this from happening.

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
May 6, 20236 min read
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Mitsotakis, the media and the pushback lie
Two points are important to make: all the evidence points to the fact that Greece performs pushbacks, and that Mitsotakis lies about them.

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
Apr 14, 202310 min read
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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
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Maria: the (actual) current situation
It seems like a reasonable time - and a vital thing - to update on the current situation surrounding the death of a girl in the Evros river.

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
Mar 20, 202310 min read
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Mitarachis on Hardtalk: a carnival of lies
Greece’s Migration Minister Notis Mitarachis’ appearance on the BBC show Hardtalk saw the politician openly lie to two nations' citizens.

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
Mar 11, 202311 min read
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The situation on Greece’s borders is far worse than even critical reports suggest
Horrific though they may be, recent reports about the Greek border officers are sadly underestimates of their true depravity and barbarism.

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
Mar 9, 20235 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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‘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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Evros islet not Turkish after all
Greek Migration Minister Notis Mitarachis openly lied about the status of an islet on which he left a five-year-old girl to die.

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
Oct 12, 20224 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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A story of Maria: how the Greek government killed a five-year-old girl
A five year-old girl was killed as a result of the actions of the Greek government and police.This is how that outrage happened.

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
Aug 18, 20229 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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Greek government: the world’s largest people-trafficking operation?
It is becoming increasingly difficult not to regard Nea Dimokratia, the Greek government, as Europe's biggest people trafficking operation.

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
Jul 2, 20225 min read
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Misdirection and blame-shifting: Mitarachis misses another opportunity
Eschewing another chance to reflect and maybe even change, Notis Mitarachis instead misled: there was nothing new to see at the LIBE meeting

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
Jun 29, 202213 min read
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