Rory O'Keeffe, KorakiNov 9, 201948 min readInternational 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...
Rory O'KeeffeJun 27, 201920 min readThe 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'KeeffeDec 20, 20174 min readUS threatens aid cut, aims to wreck international system, using JerusalemThe US government has threatened to cut aid to states which vote against it tomorrow at the UN General Assembly. As noted here...
Rory O'KeeffeDec 16, 20173 min readThe system isn't working: debt, poverty and coercion forces refugees back to the unsafe places tAt Kenya's Dadaab refugee camp, an increasing number of people are being forced to return to Somalia even as the war they fled there...