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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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