#Greece

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki

Nov 9, 201948 min read

International protection and other provisions: Greece’s new (illegal) refugee law

Context The Greek government has, as expected, passed an Act which will significantly reduce the rights of men, women and children who...

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Fact Check: Mitsotakis ‘vast majority’ of new arrivals to Greece ‘economic migrants not refugees’

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki

Oct 4, 20194 min read

Fact Check: Mitsotakis ‘vast majority’ of new arrivals to Greece ‘economic migrants not refugees’

Greek Prime Minister Kiriakos Mitsotakis, leader of the governing Nea Dimokratia party, told the Greek parliament on Friday 4 October...

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A Note on AMKA and access to healthcare for refugees and asylum seekers in Greece

Rory O'Keeffe

Oct 2, 20195 min read

A Note on AMKA and access to healthcare for refugees and asylum seekers in Greece

On 12 July this year, Greece’s new Labour and Social Affairs Minister Nikos Vroutsis cancelled a memo which had been designed to inform...

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Idlib, Istanbul, Turkey and the EU: Review, 30 July 2019

Rory O'Keeffe

Jul 31, 201934 min read

Idlib, Istanbul, Turkey and the EU: Review, 30 July 2019

2019 Statistics so far 1. New arrivals by sea 2. Transfers from the islands to mainland 3. Other removals from the islands 4. Detention...

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Rory O'Keeffe

Feb 22, 20197 min read

Refugee evictions to begin in Greece

HUNDREDS of men, women and children in Greece are to be removed from their homes by the end of March. Thousands more are expected to...

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Rory O'Keeffe

Dec 10, 201810 min read

Curious November: movement and winter

More than 30,000 (30,138) people have arrived in Greece by sea since 1 January 2018: 254 more than arrived by sea in the whole of 2017....

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Blame; or, very few stories have only one side

Rory O'Keeffe

Nov 5, 201813 min read

Blame; or, very few stories have only one side

In brief: More than 1,000 people arrived by sea to the Aegean islands this week; Vagiochori closes (officially on 2 November, but some...

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Rory O'Keeffe

Oct 22, 20189 min read

Numbers: the missing 17,951?

There are at least 17,951 people who were registered as refugees and/or made an application for asylum, in Greece, from 1 January-18...

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Rory O'Keeffe

Apr 28, 201819 min read

Movement and the gathering storm

Thessaloniki, 28 April Arrivals to Eastern Aegean islands, 1 January – 26 April 2018, inclusive Lesvos, 4,613. Total arrivals since 3...

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Greece - an ongoing, and growing, crisis

Rory O'Keeffe

Apr 6, 201829 min read

Greece - an ongoing, and growing, crisis

Arrivals to Eastern Aegean islands, 1 January – 4 April 2018, inclusive Lesvos, 3,079. Total arrivals since 30 March: 351. Chios, 397....

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Rory O'Keeffe

Mar 20, 201820 min read

The EU/Turkey Deal, two years on

The exact date of the anniversary of the initiation of the EU/Turkey Deal is a matter of some debate, as the document was signed on 16...

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The problem with the EU/Turkey Deal is not its 'failure', but its absolute immorality, and i

Rory O'Keeffe

Dec 21, 20173 min read

The problem with the EU/Turkey Deal is not its 'failure', but its absolute immorality, and i

In an actually quite dangerous article, Greek national newspaper Kathimerini this morning pretends that the EU/Turkey Deal ‘is failing’....

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Rory O'Keeffe

Dec 16, 20172 min read

What's in a name? Greece and Macedonia

Greek national newspaper Kathimerini reports with outrage this morning that Radmila Sekerinska, the Deputy Prime Minister and Defence...

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Greece and EU policy of refugee detention is unjustifiable; torture

Rory O'Keeffe

Dec 16, 20173 min read

Greece and EU policy of refugee detention is unjustifiable; torture

Human Rights Watch warns that the Greek government is failing to provide protection to women and girls in the Aegean detention centres,...

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Greece: how austerity, and forced surplus-chasing, risk wrecking a 'recovery'

Rory O'Keeffe

Nov 24, 20174 min read

Greece: how austerity, and forced surplus-chasing, risk wrecking a 'recovery'

Greece has had the highest increase in tax revenue of any of the 35 OECD countries in the last 12 months. Its revenue grew from 36.4 per...

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Greece should 'be bridge for Turkey' - Kathimerini

Rory O'Keeffe

Nov 23, 20172 min read

Greece should 'be bridge for Turkey' - Kathimerini

Greek daily Kathimerini has this morning run an examination of the difficulties surrounding the planned visit of Turkish President Recep...

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Greece 'not planning to abolish Sharia practice' in Western Thrace - Professor

Rory O'Keeffe

Nov 19, 20172 min read

Greece 'not planning to abolish Sharia practice' in Western Thrace - Professor

Professor Ali Huseyinoglu, of Turkey’s Trakya University Balkans Research Institute, moves to reassure Turkish people that Greece is not...

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Turkish coastguard fires on refugees in international waters

Rory O'Keeffe

Nov 12, 20172 min read

Turkish coastguard fires on refugees in international waters

Seawatch, Refugee Rescue and Lighthouse Relief have called for the UNHCR to investigate an incident in which the Turkish coastguard...

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Greece, EU, 'breaking international law' with policy of detaining refugees

Rory O'Keeffe

Nov 11, 20173 min read

Greece, EU, 'breaking international law' with policy of detaining refugees

Three October cases decided in refugees’ favour by the Administrative Court in Mytelline have cast doubt over the legality of Greek...

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Greek politicians (wrongly) blame Turkey for refugee arrivals

Rory O'Keeffe

Nov 9, 20174 min read

Greek politicians (wrongly) blame Turkey for refugee arrivals

Lesvos’ leading politicians, including its Mayor Spiros Galinos, have warned the Greek government that it must take actions to reverse...

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