Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
Maria: the (actual) current situation
It seems like a reasonable time - and a vital thing - to update on the current situation surrounding the death of a girl in the Evros river.
top of page
Search
Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
- Mar 19
- 6 min
Δεν μπορώ να δεχτώ τη μετατροπή της αλληλεγγύης σε αδίκημα
The Greek version of our interview with UN Speecial Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders Mary Lawlor, published in EFSYN on 18 March 2023.
21 views0 comments
Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
- Mar 14
- 10 min
UN SR: ‘It shouldn’t be a crime to help people. In Greece, it's made to seem like it is.'
UN Special Rapporter on Human Rights Defenders, Mary Lawlor, expresses her shock and frustration with Greece in this interview with Koraki.
347 views0 comments
Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
- Mar 10
- 3 min
The UK government: the price of racism
Today's France deal brings the UK's anti-refugee spending to over £600m in a year: when is it OK to stop funding racist vanity projects?
19 views0 comments
Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
- Mar 8
- 5 min
The situation on Greece’s borders is far worse than even critical reports suggest
Horrific though they may be, recent reports about the Greek border officers are sadly underestimates of their true depravity and barbarism.
212 views0 comments
Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
- Mar 8
- 7 min
UK plans to break international law by banning asylum
The UK's latest refugee proposals amount to a ban on anyone seeking safety in the country. They are illegal, immoral, and unworkable.
71 views0 comments
Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
- Feb 28
- 5 min
How is Alexandrakis Georgios still in a job?
The commander of the Greek Coastguard has drawn unfortunate attention to his litany of avoidable deaths, by lying about NGOs.
60 views0 comments
Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
- Feb 27
- 15 min
Calabria: the outcome of years of breaking the law
The death of at least 62 people at Calabria is the outcome of the EU breaking the law: the solution is simple. Obey the law.
96 views0 comments
Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
- Feb 26
- 5 min
What’s in a name? Or, Are far-Right protests carried out by far-Right people?
We have to work to rescue potentially decent people from the far-Right, including the UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman.
22 views0 comments
Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
- Feb 25
- 3 min
Fiddling while cities collapse – ignoring reality creates imaginary ‘refugee and reception crises'
Brussels' 'tent city' is just the latest iteration of a 'crisis' which doesn't exist: we have more than enough buildings to house people.
35 views0 comments
Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
- Feb 22
- 3 min
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.
26 views0 comments
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.
54 views0 comments
Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
- Feb 20
- 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.
71 views0 comments
Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
- Feb 11
- 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.
80 views0 comments
Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
- Feb 10
- 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.
34 views0 comments
Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
- Feb 7
- 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.
53 views0 comments
Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
- Jan 30
- 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.
79 views0 comments
Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
- Jan 22
- 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.
184 views0 comments
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.
279 views0 comments
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.
71 views0 comments
bottom of page