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
- Apr 7
- 7 min
SYRIZA cannot govern Greece by running from reality
SYRIZA's latest comment on refugees is worse than anything Nea Dimokratia has said. If the party wishes to govern, it must find some courage
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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
- Feb 21
- 3 min
Mitarachis and the Turkish earthquakes: using catastrophe to spread bigotry
Greek Minister Notis Mitarachis' comment on the Turkish earthquakes may be electorally 'smart', but Greece and the EU deserve better.
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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 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 25, 2022
- 7 min
Mitsotakis seeks to mislead the world
We have to counter the Greek Prime Minister's claims about his country's behaviour towards refugees because he does not tell the truth.
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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
- Sep 10, 2022
- 3 min
‘Convoy of light’ – what to expect from our governments
If a 'convoy of light' really is set to travel from Türkiye, we must be prepared to counter the lies with which the Right will respond.
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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
- Aug 29, 2022
- 10 min
Mitsotakis disgraces Greece with joke about dead five-year-old girl
Greek Prime Minister Kiriakos Mitsotakis has brought shame on his office and his country by joking about the death of a five-year-old girl.
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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
- Aug 17, 2022
- 6 min
Josoor: human rights and human safety unravel before our eyes
The closure of Josoor points to some stark, disturbing truths. We are watcing human rights and human safety be snatched away by governments.
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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
- Jun 6, 2022
- 4 min
The Sound of Greece’s Summer: ‘It’s Turkey’s fault’, Part Four. Government feeds media its narrative
As we noted, Greece's government has told media increased new arrivals will be Türkiye's fault, and it will use its military against them.
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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
- Jun 3, 2022
- 3 min
The Sound of Greece’s Summer: ‘It’s Turkey’s fault’. Part Three
Greek Defence Ministry 'officials' complete the 'narrative': The Greek government will use its military against new arrivals this summer.
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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
- Jun 2, 2022
- 5 min
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.
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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
- Jun 1, 2022
- 4 min
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.
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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
- Mar 18, 2022
- 3 min
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.
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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
- Feb 22, 2022
- 19 min
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.
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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
- Feb 21, 2022
- 4 min
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.
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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
- Feb 10, 2022
- 8 min
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
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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
- Oct 31, 2021
- 4 min
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.
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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
- Jun 23, 2021
- 11 min
Turkey, Afghanistan and How Greece is Breaking International Law
The Greek government took less than three working days to deny 19 Afghan people asylum, after illegally declaring Turkey a 'safe state'.
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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
- Jun 7, 2021
- 7 min
Greece, and Turkey as a ‘safe state’ – hollow, illegal and dangerous
Greece's declaration that Turkey is a 'safe state' for people from five nations is hollow, illegal and dangerous. It must be rescinded.
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