Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
Politicians must accept responsibility for the deaths of people in transit
We must hold politicians who attempt to prevent desperate people from travelling at least partially responsible for those people's deaths.
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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
- Feb 21, 2023
- 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
- Feb 20, 2023
- 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, 2023
- 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
- Feb 10, 2023
- 9 min
Illegal discrimination and detention – the EU and the Greek government on new arrivals
The EU Commission is correct that Greece is breaking international law. But its own plans must also be opposed for the good of all humanity.
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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
- Feb 7, 2023
- 6 min
The end of ESTIA II: ethnic cleansing in Greece
ESTIA II worked for everyone in Greece. Its deliberate destruction by the Greek government looks a lot like ethnic cleansing.
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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
- Jan 30, 2023
- 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, 2023
- 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
- 11 min
Sea blindness: Greece’s Maritime Ministry attacks EU’s legal watchdog
Greece's Maritime Ministry has published a delerious response to the OLAF report. It is time for the Greek government to go.
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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
- Oct 14, 2022
- 5 min
CNN wastes opportunity to speak to Mitarachis
When a country's government is as limited and unpleasant as Greece's, it needs its journalists to step up. CNN Greece failed to do so.
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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 11, 2022
- 4 min
Evros islet not Turkish after all
Greek Migration Minister Notis Mitarachis openly lied about the status of an islet on which he left a five-year-old girl to die.
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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 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
- 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
- Sep 10, 2022
- 3 min
Mitarachis: is he being hoodwinked? Are we?
Greece's Migration Minister Notis Mitarachis plans to spend millions of euros on 'border tech' Greece does not need. Is he being robbed?
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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
- Sep 6, 2022
- 5 min
UNHCR envoy suggests punishing parents if children travel for safety
Comments by UNHCR's Vincent Cochetel highlight a serious problem. We must stop falling into the Right's narrative trap of victim-blaming.
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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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