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urn:uuid:bf8d691f-0af0-4ca4-8aa0-aa0757ecb93d 03 15 9781912250721 00 EB E101 10 10 02 30499232 01 02 Critical Human Rights Studies 01 01 Organised Crime and Migration Criminal Groups, Corruption and the Displacement Crisis in Central America and Mexico 1 A01 Victorie Knox Victorie Knox is a lecturer at the University of London’s Refugee Law Initiative and has taught at postgraduate level at the School of Advanced Study, University of London since 2016. She has conducted human rights research in academic and professional capacities since 2011, focused on forced displacement linked to organised crime, gang violence and corruption, as well as on gender-based violence, sexuality and reproductive rights. Victorie previously worked as a senior research consultant for NGOs and held senior roles in human rights organisations including Amnesty International, International Alert and the Central America Woman’s Network. 01 eng 00 248 03 23 gang violence 23 Human Rights 10 SOC007000 23 forced displacement 23 Languages, Cultures and Societies ⇒ Latin American and Caribbean Studies 10 SOC066000 23 migrants 10 SOC004000 23 migration controls 10 SOC044000 23 transit 23 asylum 23 organised crime 23 criminal groups 23 human rights 23 corruption 23 state responsibility 23 people smuggling 23 refugees 23 international protection 23 Central America 23 Mexico 23 El Salvador 23 Honduras 23 Guatemala 01 06 03 00 Human mobility, organised crime and corruption remain critical issues in Mexico and Central America. This book is the first to consider together three major, interconnected ways in which organised crime shapes migration in the region – as a driver of internal displacement and external migration, a threat to migrants in transit, and a facilitator of unauthorised migration through people-smuggling – and to analyse state action and accountability in relation to these.Drawing on original interview material with key informants, migrants and refugees, the book analyses how organised criminal groups provoke forced migration, exploit migrants and control people-smuggling, the decision-making and displacement dynamics of people affected by gang violence, and the role of policy, corruption and impunity in the evolution and perpetuation of this situation.It provides new insight about the internal and external dimensions of displacement caused by gang violence, the agency of people facing extreme risk, and the foreseeable adverse consequences of policy, as well as the implications for state accountability. The conclusions are relevant to academics, practitioners and policymakers concerned with organised crime and migration, both in the region and globally, and for understanding the potential implications of externalising migration policy in areas affected by corruption or organised crime. University of London Press 01 University of London Press 04 01 20260625 02 WORLD 06 15 9781912250691 06 15 9781912250684 06 15 9781912250714 06 15 9781912250721 WORLD 09 University of London Press 20 01