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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
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Pushback proportions, not numbers, fall in August
Although the proportion of people being illegally pushed back from Greece has fallen, the reason is not what one might expect or hope.

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
Sep 8, 20234 min read
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'New' government, same abuse of the legal system
The Greek government is attacking human rights defenders because they are the people's last line of defence of against the Greek government

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
Aug 1, 202317 min read
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Mitsotakis: shifting blame and attacking those who have human feeling
Kiriakos Mitsotakis has caused Greece's worst ever rail and maritime catastrophes. How many people does he want to kill before he resigns?

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
Jun 22, 20239 min read
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Greece, Nea Dimokratia and ‘second chances’
Nea Dimokratia took a far greater lead over SYRIZA than expected on Sunday. But just one in four registered Greek voters voted for it.

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
May 24, 202317 min read
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Lesvos’ turn to revel in ND carnival of lies
Anyone unfortunate enough to be addressed by Nea Dimokratia on its ‘fair’ refugee policy should ask: what happened to our €3.2bn?

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
May 18, 20238 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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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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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
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Mitsotakis seeks to mislead the world
We have to counter the Greek Prime Minister's claims about his country's behaviour towards refugees because he does not tell the truth.

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
Sep 25, 20227 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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Kiriakos Mitsotakis: Strange, erroneous, claims at the EU Parliament
At the EU Parliament, Greek Prime Minister Kiriakos Mitsotakis' address left MEPs worse-informed than if he had never spoken.

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
Jul 7, 20225 min read
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The EAD report: a lesson in bad practice and/or proof the Greek government is breaking the law
The EAD's pushbacks report is either an object lesson in bad practice, or a deliberate effort to show Greece is breaking international law.

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
May 14, 20228 min read
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Leggeri resigns as Frontex director after latest revelations of agency’s illegal, immoral activities
Frontex' director has resigned: it's good news, but without other significant changes - and not just at Frontex' level - little will change.

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
Apr 29, 20226 min read
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Have you been to Samos? Which Samos have you been to, Mr. Prime Minister?
The people of Samos have spoken against the Greek governments' repeated pushbacks of refugees. It's well worth reading what they have to say

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
Nov 14, 20217 min read
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If not a crime against humanity… Greece and the policy of pushbacks
Pushbacks carried out by Greek government operatives have reached astonishing levels. Is the government committing crimes against humanity?

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
Oct 14, 20214 min read
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We Must All End The Greek Government’s Abuse of Human Rights
The Greek government continues to break international law, setting men, women and children adrift on the Aegean Sea: we must stop this, now.

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
Jul 19, 20218 min read
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Kiriakos Mitsotakis: ‘credit’ for ‘reducing flows’ on the Aegean Sea: Part one – The Data
Kiriakos Mitsotakis' Greek government has broken the law to achieve far smaller reductions in refugee numbers than he claims.

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
May 29, 202116 min read
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Kiriakos Mitsotakis: ‘credit’ for ‘reducing flows’ on the Aegean Sea: Part two – Registered arrivals
In 2021 the Greek government has denied a shocking 75 per cent of people seeking asylum the right even to apply to live in Greece or the EU.

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
May 29, 20217 min read
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