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Tunisia and the human race: the time to respond

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki

Mar 29, 20236 min read

Tunisia and the human race: the time to respond

The ongoing catastrophe in Tunisia is being met with calls for closed borders from Europe's elite. We must stand for legality and decency.

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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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Δεν μπορώ να δεχτώ τη μετατροπή της αλληλεγγύης σε αδίκημα

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki

Mar 19, 20236 min read

Δεν μπορώ να δεχτώ τη μετατροπή της αλληλεγγύης σε αδίκημα

The Greek version of our interview with UN Speecial Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders Mary Lawlor, published in EFSYN on 18 March 2023.

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UN SR: ‘It shouldn’t be a crime to help people. In Greece, it's made to seem like it is.'

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki

Mar 14, 202310 min read

UN SR: ‘It shouldn’t be a crime to help people. In Greece, it's made to seem like it is.'

UN Special Rapporter on Human Rights Defenders, Mary Lawlor, expresses her shock and frustration with Greece in this interview with Koraki.

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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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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki

Mar 10, 20233 min read

The UK government: the price of racism

Today's France deal brings the UK's anti-refugee spending to over £600m in a year: when is it OK to stop funding racist vanity projects?

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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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UK plans to break international law by banning asylum

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki

Mar 8, 20237 min read

UK plans to break international law by banning asylum

The UK's latest refugee proposals amount to a ban on anyone seeking safety in the country. They are illegal, immoral, and unworkable.

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How is Alexandrakis Georgios still in a job?

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki

Feb 28, 20235 min read

How is Alexandrakis Georgios still in a job?

The commander of the Greek Coastguard has drawn unfortunate attention to his litany of avoidable deaths, by lying about NGOs.

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Calabria: the outcome of years of breaking the law

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki

Feb 27, 202315 min read

Calabria: the outcome of years of breaking the law

The death of at least 62 people at Calabria is the outcome of the EU breaking the law: the solution is simple. Obey the law.

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Politicians must accept responsibility for the deaths of people in transit

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki

Feb 22, 20233 min read

Politicians must accept responsibility for the deaths of people in transit

We must hold politicians who attempt to prevent desperate people from travelling at least partially responsible for those people's deaths.

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Mitarachis and the Turkish earthquakes: using catastrophe to spread bigotry

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki

Feb 21, 20233 min read

Mitarachis and the Turkish earthquakes: using catastrophe to spread bigotry

Greek Minister Notis Mitarachis' comment on the Turkish earthquakes may be electorally 'smart', but Greece and the EU deserve better.

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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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The end of ESTIA II: ethnic cleansing in Greece

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki

Feb 7, 20236 min read

The end of ESTIA II: ethnic cleansing in Greece

ESTIA II worked for everyone in Greece. Its deliberate destruction by the Greek government looks a lot like ethnic cleansing.

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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 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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Mitarachis treats Greek people like morons

Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki

Oct 6, 20227 min read

Mitarachis treats Greek people like morons

With his latest social media post, Greece’s Migration Minister Notis Mitarachis has shown his outright contempt for the Greek public.

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