Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
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 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
- 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 20, 2022
- 5 min
Mitarachis and Elaionas: lack of interest, lack of empathy
Elaionas' closure has been chaotic and harrowing. Unfortunately, it's entirely in keeping with Mitarachis and his ministry's behaviour.
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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
- Aug 18, 2022
- 9 min
A story of Maria: how the Greek government killed a five-year-old girl
A five year-old girl was killed as a result of the actions of the Greek government and police.This is how that outrage happened.
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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
- Jul 6, 2022
- 5 min
Kiriakos Mitsotakis: Strange, erroneous, claims at the EU Parliament
At the EU Parliament, Greek Prime Minister Kiriakos Mitsotakis' address left MEPs worse-informed than if he had never spoken.
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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
- Jul 1, 2022
- 5 min
Greek government: the world’s largest people-trafficking operation?
It is becoming increasingly difficult not to regard Nea Dimokratia, the Greek government, as Europe's biggest people trafficking operation.
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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
- Jul 1, 2022
- 5 min
International law: a piece you can copy and paste, and/or link to
Despite the howls and wails of the Right, the simple fact is that it is not illegal to travel in order to apply for asylum.
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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
- Jun 29, 2022
- 13 min
Misdirection and blame-shifting: Mitarachis misses another opportunity
Eschewing another chance to reflect and maybe even change, Notis Mitarachis instead misled: there was nothing new to see at the LIBE meeting
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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
- Jun 19, 2022
- 6 min
What happened at Agios Georgios?
Four people died in a 'rescue' in which it appears the Greek Coastguard sent a ship carrying more than 100 people to smash on coastal rocks
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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
- Jun 17, 2022
- 4 min
TV Presenters wildly mislead Greek public
Whether misinformed or deliberately misleading the public, journalists must do better than spreading falsehoods on live television.
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