Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
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.
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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
- Jun 16
- 7 min
Pylos: an unfolding catastrophe in which 650 deaths are still largely ignored
A note which includes the fact that the Greek Coastguard may have actively killed 650 men, women and children, and on what pushbacks are for
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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
- Jun 14
- 10 min
Greece, Italy, ‘Eastern Libya’ and the EU: killers of 650 people
Greece, Italy, 'Eastern Libya' and the EU are responsible for killing 650 men, women and children today. We should not pretend they are not.
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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
- May 24
- 17 min
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.
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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
- May 6
- 6 min
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.
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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
- Apr 29
- 15 min
Notis Mitarachis: lying to the Greek public
It is an uncomfortable thing to have to point out, but Greece's Migration Minister Notis Miatarchis is, simply, a liar.
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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
- Apr 14
- 10 min
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.
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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
- Mar 19
- 10 min
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.
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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
- Mar 8
- 5 min
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.
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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
- Feb 28
- 5 min
How is Alexandrakis Georgios still in a job?
The commander of the Greek Coastguard has drawn unfortunate attention to his litany of avoidable deaths, by lying about NGOs.
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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
- Feb 27
- 15 min
Calabria: the outcome of years of breaking the law
The death of at least 62 people at Calabria is the outcome of the EU breaking the law: the solution is simple. Obey the law.
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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
- Feb 20
- 14 min
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.
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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
- Feb 11
- 6 min
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.
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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
- Jan 30
- 13 min
‘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.
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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
- Jan 22
- 12 min
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.
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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
- Oct 16, 2022
- 6 min
Concerning claims from Evros border
Several very significant questions must be answered about what happened at the Evros border on Friday 14 October 2022.
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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
- Oct 14, 2022
- 6 min
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?
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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
- Oct 6, 2022
- 7 min
Mitarachis treats Greek people like morons
With his latest social media post, Greece’s Migration Minister Notis Mitarachis has shown his outright contempt for the Greek public.
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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
- Sep 22, 2022
- 4 min
Mitarachis lies – again – about deaths in the Aegean
Every time Greek Migration Minister Notis Mitarachis misleads about deaths he has caused, we must correct himwith the truth.
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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
- Aug 18, 2022
- 9 min
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.
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