Migration needs different storytelling and tools to push for policy changes

Forced migration is on the rise globally. People flee their homes due to conflict, climate change and violence. The death of 53 people from Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador inside a truck in June is one of the deadliest cases of human smuggling across the US border with Mexico. In the documentary The Vertical Border, Sonja Wolf (LSE Latin America and Caribbean Centre, and Centre for Economic Teaching and Research, Mexico) explores the dangers of migrating and the lack of alternatives for those who try their luck.