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Sep 18
17 min

Riot Police instead of Shelters – a deeper look at the response to Moria

Last week (Wednesday 9 September), fires devastated Moria camp on the Greek island of Lesvos. Moria had become infamous over the past yea...

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Riot Police instead of Shelters – an Analysis of the Political Response to the Moria Fires

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki

Sep 17
8 min

Riot Police instead of Shelters – an Analysis of the Political Response to the Moria Fires

Originally posted 16 September 2020, by Soup and Socks Last week, fires devastated Moria camp on the Greek island of Lesvos. Moria had be...

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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki

Sep 12
3 min

'Closed camps': Jail, and the law

We talked yesterday (Friday 11 September) as part of a wider briefing, about the Greek government's plans to open 'closed camps' for refu...

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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki

Sep 11
13 min

Moria - fire and response

The following is a collection of updates we offered in the immediate wake of the fire which burned Moria to the ground on Wednesday 9 Sep...

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Pushbacks and rhetoric: defending international law and how the EU must do better

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki

Sep 4
20 min

Pushbacks and rhetoric: defending international law and how the EU must do better

As evidenced by events over the last few weeks – and indeed months – the very existence of international law must now be recognised as be...

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What just happened? Cynicism, fear, and the manipulation of reality

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki

Feb 28
22 min

What 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.

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Chaos in paradise: a government using violence, to be allowed to break the law

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki

Feb 27
12 min

Chaos 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.

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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki

Jan 30
14 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.

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Libya: a war, war crimes, and the man responsible for both

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki

Jan 15
23 min

Libya: a war, war crimes, and the man responsible for both

A piece on the situation in Libya at present, relevant for its international implications, human rights issues for Libyan and other peopl...

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Iran, international law, black and white, and 'just war'

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki

Jan 14
21 min

Iran, 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...

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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki

Jan 13
21 min

Australia, the world, and the sysem

Oh 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 ...

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International protection and other provisions: Greece’s new (illegal) refugee law

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki

Nov 9, 2019
48 min

International protection and other provisions: Greece’s new (illegal) refugee law

Context The Greek government has, as expected, passed an Act which will significantly reduce the rights of men, women and children who at...

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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki

Oct 9, 2019
14 min

The threat made by Turkey: a guide

Since 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...

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Turkey and Northern Syria part two: a ‘safe zone’ which will not long be either

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki

Oct 7, 2019
15 min

Turkey and Northern Syria part two: a ‘safe zone’ which will not long be either

We had intended to publish this yesterday, 7 October 2019, but as news broke of the Trump administration’s decision to ‘stand aside’ and ...

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Turkey and Northern Syria part one: Invasion?

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki

Oct 7, 2019
9 min

Turkey 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 (...

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Fact Check: Mitsotakis ‘vast majority’ of new arrivals to Greece ‘economic migrants not refugees’

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki

Oct 4, 2019
4 min

Fact 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...

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A Note on AMKA and access to healthcare for refugees and asylum seekers in Greece

Rory O'Keeffe

Oct 2, 2019
5 min

A Note on AMKA and access to healthcare for refugees and asylum seekers in Greece

On 12 July this year, Greece’s new Labour and Social Affairs Minister Nikos Vroutsis cancelled a memo which had been designed to inform M...

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Idlib, Istanbul, Turkey and the EU: Review, 30 July 2019

Rory O'Keeffe

Jul 31, 2019
34 min

Idlib, Istanbul, Turkey and the EU: Review, 30 July 2019

2019 Statistics so far 1. New arrivals by sea 2. Transfers from the islands to mainland 3. Other removals from the islands 4. Detention C...

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New democracy? A guide to Greece under Nea Dimokratia

Rory O'Keeffe

Jul 23, 2019
33 min

New democracy? A guide to Greece under Nea Dimokratia

People who like to deal in political aphorisms will tell you that the first weeks a government spends in power are its most important. Th...

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The St Valentine’s Day Charade: Khalifa Haftar, the cause of and main actor in, Libya’s second civil

Rory O'Keeffe

Jul 16, 2019
15 min

The St Valentine’s Day Charade: Khalifa Haftar, the cause of and main actor in, Libya’s second civil

In April this year, Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar declared that he would ‘push the (Libyan government) out of Tripoli’. Since then, he ha...

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