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Rory O'Keeffe
Nov 2, 20174 min read
Yiannis Mouzalas: misleading the world on refugee numbers
Greece’s Migration Policy Minister Yiannis Mouzalas admits Greece is finding the refugee situation ‘more difficult to manage’ as numbers...
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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 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 18, 20172 min read
Greece's non-functional asylum service
UNHCR reports that between 1 April 2016 and 6 October 2017, 1,360 people have been returned from Greece to Turkey. The majority – 593 –...
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Rory O'Keeffe
Oct 18, 20172 min read
Winter looms, but Greece remains unprepared
There are increasing signs that although the situation at refugee camps on the Greek mainland in terms of winterisation is likely to be...
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