Koraki

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

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

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...

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

What happened on Turkey's border with Greece today? Did the Turkish government really 'open' the border? the truth is a little more complex.

Nea Dimokratia's shocking use of violence to crush demonstrations against illegal prisons for refugees can offer opportunities for all.

We find ourselves forced to counter erroneous claims and insinuations from the Greek author Takis Theodoropulos regarding NGOs in Greece.

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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

i. Turkey to be ‘allowed’ to enter/invade Northern Syria The US’ White House Press Spokeswoman Stephanie Grisham announced this morning...

Greek Prime Minister Kiriakos Mitsotakis, leader of the governing Nea Dimokratia party, told the Greek parliament on Friday 4 October...

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

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

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

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

The United Nations does not exist. More to the point (though ‘more to the point’ may seem counterintuitive here), the UN Security Council...