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The Sound of Greece’s Summer: ‘It’s Turkey’s fault’. Part Two
Greek Migration Minister Notis Mitarachis helped spread a false narrative for the European public about what will happen this summer.

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
Jun 2, 20225 min read
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The Sound of Greece’s Summer: ‘it’s Turkey’s fault’ Part One
Greek Civil Prorection Minister Takis Theodorikakos launched an effort to mislead the European public about what will happen this summer.

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
Jun 1, 20224 min read
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Margaritis Schinas: a study in failure
In a schocking interview, Margaritis Schinas raises some serious questions about whether he is capable or willing to do his job.

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
May 31, 20228 min read
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Six years of failure. Time to ditch the Deal
The EU-Turkey Deal has entered its seventh year. It is time to ditch this illegal, immoral and failed attempt to ban refugees from Europe.

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
Mar 19, 20223 min read
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Factcheck: Mitarachis’ latest effort to sidestep the reality of Greece’s refugee policies
Given a chance to engage with the reality of his policies and practice, Notis Mitarachis instead chose, to attack, mislead and excuse.

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
Feb 22, 202219 min read
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French woman in Turkish jail after (yet another) illegal pushback from Greece
Greece's despration to force all new arrivals into Turkey is now at the point of mania: it has forced a French woman into a Turkish jail.

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
Feb 21, 20224 min read
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Pekka Haavisto: Greece’s Finnish false friend
Pretending Greece and the wider EU do not push people back from its borders helps no-one: including Greek and EU citizens. We must do better

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
Feb 10, 20228 min read
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Nea Dimokratia attempts largest ever pushback
Despite its - entirely incorrect - claims, the Greek government's latest sea 'rescue' was in fact an attempt to break international law.

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
Nov 1, 20214 min read
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The doomed - and deadly - 'travel prevention' policy
After of the death of four (likely five) more people in the Aegean, we must change attitudes and policy on people travelling to seek asylum.

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
Oct 26, 20216 min read
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Creating the problems one hopes to solve
Greece and the EU's policies on pushbacks are creating the exact circumstances in which smugglers thrive, and creating chaos within states.

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
Sep 24, 20216 min read
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Kiriakos Mitsotakis: ‘credit’ for ‘reducing flows’ on the Aegean Sea: Part five – Change in ‘flow’
To what extent can Kiriakos Mitsotakis claim 'credit' for reducing refugee arrivals in Greece? Apart from breaking the law, very little...

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
May 29, 202112 min read
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