Laurent Muschel

As a senior member of DG HOME, Mr. Muschel can be linked to the activities of this DG during the crisis. In particular, he was one of the key stakeholders within DG HOME for Operation  Triton Laurent Muschel was responsible for the coordination between DG Home and Frontex for the launch of Triton

He is one of the recipients of a mail on a meeting name “HOME Coordination Meeting on Central Mediterranean Route/ Italy”, and held on the 17th April 2018. The document establishes that judicial rejection of the seizure of the ship of the Spanish NGO Pro Active Open Arms was discussed. Notably, the fact that the decision touched upon the question of the Libyan SAR area was highlighted and the next step at judicial level deemed to be monitored closely.

Laurent Muschel met with the chief of LYCG. Claimed that the only solution to save refugees was to train LYCG even though they do not respect fundamental rights and bring people back to Libya. And even though he visited the Libyan detention centres and called the conditions there as dire 

Regarding Sofia phase II, evidences relate him to eexternalization of migratory flows with LYCG and implementation of the Libyan MRCC and SAR zone. Per se, an email from 9th of April 2018, addressed inter alia to Mr. Muschel, details the main talking points of a meeting between Deputy Director General of HOME Simon Mordue and MSF, where the former expresses that the project of a Libyan MRCC is ongoing.

He participated in the drafting of the European Agenda on Migration (EAM), which was made at the level of DG HOME , specifically regarding the proposition to implement hotspots  on the ground, with presence of Frontex. The EAM provided the framework for funding LYCG training and laid down the basis for the EU policies toward migration