Simon Mordue

When he took office as the Deputy-Director of DG HOME, Simon Mordue was responsible for "curbing irregular migration…saving lives at sea and securing the EU's external borders" (See, The Commission, A Ogranisational structure, I The College of Commissioners, e Directorates-General). Simon Mordue has participated to create a discourse of opposition between "disorderly migration" and orderly migration". n September 2017, Simon Mordue stated that the EU needed to "do everything (they could) to disincentivize irregular migration" (See, The Commission, A Ogranisational structure, I The College of Commissioners, e Directorates-General, DG Home and migration policies)

In October 2017, Mordue attended the Vienna Conference on Migration,  an annual event organized by the ICMPD. Here again, he reiterated that the goal was not to stop migration but to replace disorderly migration with orderly migration.

In March 2018, a meeting occured between MSF and Simon Mordue to discuss different points concerning the Code of conduct for NGOs and the issue of NGOs criminalization. (See, The Commission, B, Implication in Policies, II Criminalization of NGOs.) Mordue stated that it was "never implied that the Code of Conduct was a legally binding dcument".

Mordue claimed that the project carried out by Italy "aimed to establish a functional Libyan MRCC precisely to avoid discoordination in SAR events and end the current 'grey area'. He went on suggesting that the Commission was committed to an improvement of the conditions in Libya and that the "training provided by Operation Sophia (was intended to) increase the profesionalism and accountability of the LYCG which already (underwent) a robust vetting procedure before they began the training". (See, Commission,  Criminalization of NGO) In October 2018 he participated in a conference in Rome which was part of the effort of creating a MRCC in Libya. These two points further substantiate Mordue’s central role in different EU-migration policies

DG HOME manages the AMIF (Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund) and the ISF (Internal Security Fund), those funds place significant emphasis on the external dimension of migration (See, The Commission, A Ogranisational structure, I The College of Commissioners, e Directorates-General, Migration & Security Funds). In 2016 DG HOME contributed to 75.8 million euros to the emergency assistance which supported Triton and Poseidon operations in the Mediterranean (See, Commission, See, The Commission, B implication in policies, I End of MN and launch of Triton, The European Agenda on Migration). Simon Mordue was present at the strategic board meetings of the EUTF for Africa indicating that he has had a say in deciding the direction of the fund

On 9 October 2017, Simon Mordue signed an agreement with the Italian coastguard on behalf of DG HOME. As per agreement, the Italian coast guard would be pay to assess the Libyan Coast Guard legal framework and their capability in terms of SAR Services. The project are amongst other things to assist the concerned Libyan Authorities in declaring the Libyan SAR Region according to international Law.