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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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