Rory O'Keeffe, KorakiFeb 2822 minWhat just happened? Cynicism, fear, and the manipulation of reality What happened on Turkey's border with Greece today? Did the Turkish government really 'open' the border? the truth is a little more complex.
Rory O'Keeffe, KorakiFeb 2712 minChaos in paradise: a government using violence, to be allowed to break the law Nea Dimokratia's shocking use of violence to crush demonstrations against illegal prisons for refugees can offer opportunities for all.
Rory O'Keeffe, KorakiJan 3014 min'Incriminating the Greeks?' Um, no.We find ourselves forced to counter erroneous claims and insinuations from the Greek author Takis Theodoropulos regarding NGOs in Greece.
Rory O'Keeffe, KorakiJan 1523 minLibya: a war, war crimes, and the man responsible for bothA piece on the situation in Libya at present, relevant for its international implications, human rights issues for Libyan and other peopl...
Rory O'Keeffe, KorakiJan 1421 minIran, international law, black and white, and 'just war'We were not sure whether to post this piece, but as it relates to international law, the UN's Declaration of Human Rights and the structu...
Rory O'Keeffe, KorakiJan 1321 minAustralia, the world, and the sysemOh good. Someone writing about Australia… Don’t panic. It’s really about the world and what we do next. Better? Well, tough… OK, so this ...
Rory O'Keeffe, KorakiNov 9, 201948 minInternational protection and other provisions: Greece’s new (illegal) refugee lawContext The Greek government has, as expected, passed an Act which will significantly reduce the rights of men, women and children who at...
Rory O'Keeffe, KorakiOct 9, 201914 minThe threat made by Turkey: a guideSince the immoral and illegal EU/Turkey Deal was enacted on 20 March 2016, it seems as if we have written almost once a week about the la...
Rory O'Keeffe, KorakiOct 7, 201915 minTurkey and Northern Syria part two: a ‘safe zone’ which will not long be eitherWe had intended to publish this yesterday, 7 October 2019, but as news broke of the Trump administration’s decision to ‘stand aside’ and ...
Rory O'Keeffe, KorakiOct 7, 20199 minTurkey and Northern Syria part one: Invasion?i. Turkey to be ‘allowed’ to enter/invade Northern Syria The US’ White House Press Spokeswoman Stephanie Grisham announced this morning (...
Rory O'Keeffe, KorakiOct 4, 20194 minFact Check: Mitsotakis ‘vast majority’ of new arrivals to Greece ‘economic migrants not refugees’Greek Prime Minister Kiriakos Mitsotakis, leader of the governing Nea Dimokratia party, told the Greek parliament on Friday 4 October 201...
Rory O'KeeffeOct 2, 20195 minA Note on AMKA and access to healthcare for refugees and asylum seekers in GreeceOn 12 July this year, Greece’s new Labour and Social Affairs Minister Nikos Vroutsis cancelled a memo which had been designed to inform M...
Rory O'KeeffeJul 31, 201934 minIdlib, Istanbul, Turkey and the EU: Review, 30 July 20192019 Statistics so far 1. New arrivals by sea 2. Transfers from the islands to mainland 3. Other removals from the islands 4. Detention C...
Rory O'KeeffeJul 23, 201933 minNew democracy? A guide to Greece under Nea DimokratiaPeople who like to deal in political aphorisms will tell you that the first weeks a government spends in power are its most important. Th...
Rory O'KeeffeJul 16, 201915 minThe St Valentine’s Day Charade: Khalifa Haftar, the cause of and main actor in, Libya’s second civilIn April this year, Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar declared that he would ‘push the (Libyan government) out of Tripoli’. Since then, he ha...
Rory O'KeeffeJun 27, 201920 minThe United Nations Does Not Exist: notes on the UN and humanitarianism for aid workers and other intThe United Nations does not exist. More to the point (though ‘more to the point’ may seem counterintuitive here), the UN Security Council...
Rory O'KeeffeFeb 22, 20197 minRefugee evictions to begin in GreeceHUNDREDS of men, women and children in Greece are to be removed from their homes by the end of March. Thousands more are expected to foll...
Rory O'KeeffeFeb 12, 20195 minThe withdrawal of funds from Idlib will strengthen, not weaken, HTSHaving been working on the international humanitarian response to the Syrian Civil War – and its effects across the world – for several y...
Rory O'KeeffeDec 10, 201810 minCurious November: movement and winterMore than 30,000 (30,138) people have arrived in Greece by sea since 1 January 2018: 254 more than arrived by sea in the whole of 2017. A...
Rory O'KeeffeNov 5, 201813 minBlame; or, very few stories have only one sideIn brief: More than 1,000 people arrived by sea to the Aegean islands this week; Vagiochori closes (officially on 2 November, but some pe...
