#EU 2/2

Rory O'Keeffe

Nov 8, 20171 min read

Libya's coastguard: an EU-funded sea militia?

Aid organisation Sea Watch, which operates to rescue refugees on the Mediterranean, has criticised the Libyan coastguard for endangering...

Rory O'Keeffe

Oct 30, 20174 min read

Sahel force; an exercise in folly

The UN meets today to discuss the formation of a five-nation, 5,000 soldier armed force to operate across the Sahel and into Libya. The...

Rory O'Keeffe

Oct 27, 20173 min read

Economic 'recovery' - how Greece's voters may be blaming and backing the wrong parties

Despite increased discussion regarding a Greek economic ‘recovery’, it will take an extremely long time before the state bounces back...

Rory O'Keeffe

Oct 26, 20171 min read

Europe's far-Right harming refugees across the world

India's Major General Harsha Kakar argues that Europe ‘has realised its mistake’ in allowing refugees to live in safety and security,...

Rory O'Keeffe

Oct 23, 20172 min read

Greece to nominate Mouzalas as HRC, despite astonishing failures on refugees

The Greek government says it is nominating Migration Minister Yiannis Mouzalas as an EU Human Rights Commissioner. It says it believes...

Rory O'Keeffe

Oct 21, 20173 min read

Tsipras calls for five EU responses to refugees, but all have already been promised, and not carried

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has presented the EU leaders' summit (Brussels; 19-21 October) with five measures the EU should...

Rory O'Keeffe

Oct 19, 20174 min read

Turkey and the EU: a deal in danger

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on a state visit to Poland asks the EU to state clearly whether it wants Turkey to be a member of...

Rory O'Keeffe

Oct 14, 20174 min read

Operation Sofia: causing deaths at sea

Those of you who have been receiving these updates for a little while now will be well aware that the EU’s policy in Libya has less to do...

Rory O'Keeffe

Oct 2, 20174 min read

A Spectre is haunting Europe; but not the one you may think

The official end of the EU’s refugee relocation programme, begun in September 2015, came at midnight on 26 September 2017. Despite...