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Greek government carries out highest ever number of illegal pushbacks

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki

Oct 11, 20234 min read

Greek government carries out highest ever number of illegal pushbacks

In September this year, the Greek government illegally pushed back the highest ever number of men, women and children arriving in Greece.

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Caretaker government breaks, misleads regarding, refugee law

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki

Jun 23, 20234 min read

Caretaker government breaks, misleads regarding, refugee law

Correcting some elemental errors on refugee law, and noting the quickest, smartest and most effective way to end people 'smuggling'.

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A police officer shoots a man in the head. The response cannot be ‘nothing’

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki

May 6, 20236 min read

A police officer shoots a man in the head. The response cannot be ‘nothing’

A Greek police officer shot a man in the head as he ran away from him. Regardless of claims and labels, we have to stop this from happening.

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Mitsotakis, the media and the pushback lie

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki

Apr 14, 202310 min read

Mitsotakis, the media and the pushback lie

Two points are important to make: all the evidence points to the fact that Greece performs pushbacks, and that Mitsotakis lies about them.

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The EU must stop funding states which break international law

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki

Apr 6, 20236 min read

The EU must stop funding states which break international law

Greece's plan to spend EU cash on illegally operating a border wall underlines the bloc's need to stop all funding to law-breaking members.

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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki

Mar 19, 202310 min read

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.

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Mitarachis on Hardtalk: a carnival of lies

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki

Mar 10, 202311 min read

Mitarachis on Hardtalk: a carnival of lies

Greece’s Migration Minister Notis Mitarachis’ appearance on the BBC show Hardtalk saw the politician openly lie to two nations' citizens.

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The situation on Greece’s borders is far worse than even critical reports suggest

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki

Mar 8, 20235 min read

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.

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Distraction and Dishonesty: Greece’s Migration Ministry and its distant relationship with truth

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki

Feb 20, 202314 min read

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.

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Pushbacks, Mitarachis, and the ‘safety’ lie

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki

Feb 11, 20236 min read

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.

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Illegal discrimination and detention – the EU and the Greek government on new arrivals

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki

Feb 10, 20239 min read

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.

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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki

Jan 30, 202313 min read

‘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.

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2022 Summary: Pushbacks: the facts, and the realities behind them.

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki

Jan 22, 202312 min read

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.

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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki

Oct 16, 20226 min read

Concerning claims from Evros border

Several very significant questions must be answered about what happened at the Evros border on Friday 14 October 2022.

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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki

Oct 11, 20224 min read

Evros islet not Turkish after all

Greek Migration Minister Notis Mitarachis openly lied about the status of an islet on which he left a five-year-old girl to die.

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Mitsotakis disgraces Greece with joke about dead five-year-old girl

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki

Aug 29, 202210 min read

Mitsotakis disgraces Greece with joke about dead five-year-old girl

Greek Prime Minister Kiriakos Mitsotakis has brought shame on his office and his country by joking about the death of a five-year-old girl.

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A story of Maria: how the Greek government killed a five-year-old girl

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki

Aug 18, 20229 min read

A story of Maria: how the Greek government killed a five-year-old girl

A five year-old girl was killed as a result of the actions of the Greek government and police.This is how that outrage happened.

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Josoor: human rights and human safety unravel before our eyes

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki

Aug 17, 20226 min read

Josoor: human rights and human safety unravel before our eyes

The closure of Josoor points to some stark, disturbing truths. We are watcing human rights and human safety be snatched away by governments.

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Greek government: the world’s largest people-trafficking operation?

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki

Jul 1, 20225 min read

Greek government: the world’s largest people-trafficking operation?

It is becoming increasingly difficult not to regard Nea Dimokratia, the Greek government, as Europe's biggest people trafficking operation.

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Misdirection and blame-shifting: Mitarachis misses another opportunity

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki

Jun 29, 202213 min read

Misdirection and blame-shifting: Mitarachis misses another opportunity

Eschewing another chance to reflect and maybe even change, Notis Mitarachis instead misled: there was nothing new to see at the LIBE meeting

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