Extortion is not only a driver of migration but also a pervasive danger faced by migrants on the move, particularly those who use people-smuggling services, and more needs to be done to address the vulnerabilities and structural challenges that underpin these two issues.
In advance of the The International Migration Review Forum, Guillermo Vázquez del Mercado, Alice Fereday, Rupert Horsley, and I delve into the subject in this new article for the Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime
The article is available here: https://globalinitiative.net/analysis/international-migration-review-forum-extortion/