30-05-2013 - Thandi in his council flat in Highgate, Birmingham. He was asked to pay bedroom tax for one room, which would take him into debt. He was attacked in 2005 with injuries to his head and neck leaving him... © Timm Sonnenschein

30-05-2013 - Thandi looking at paperwork regarding his council flat and benefits, Highgate, Birmingham. He was asked to pay bedroom tax for one room, which would take him into debt. He was attacked in 2005 with in... © Timm Sonnenschein

04-05-2009 - Strangers into Citizens rally - justice for migrants! London. Refugees from Zimbabwe with the flag. © Justin Tallis

22-09-2008 - Lovemore Moyo, chair of the Movement for Democratic Change in Zimbabwe speaking, Labour Party Conference 2008, Manchester. © Paul Herrmann

22-09-2008 - Lovemore Moyo, chair of the Movement for Democratic Change in Zimbabwe (R), is applauded by David Miliband and Gordon Brown after speaking at Labour Party Conference 2008, Manchester. © Paul Herrmann

22-09-2008 - Lovemore Moyo, chair of the Movement for Democratic Change in Zimbabwe speaking, Labour Party Conference 2008, Manchester. © Paul Herrmann

22-09-2008 - Lovemore Moyo, chair of the Movement for Democratic Change in Zimbabwe speaking, Labour Party Conference 2008, Manchester. © Paul Herrmann

15-03-2008 - Anti Mugabe protest on a Anti-war rally in Glasgow. © Gerry McCann

08-03-2008 - ACTSA demonstration in Trafalgar Square on International Women's Day, calling for dignity for women and democracy for all in Zimbabwe and an end to Robert Mugabe's repressive regime © Stefano Cagnoni

08-03-2008 - ACTSA demonstration in Trafalgar Square on International Women's Day, calling for dignity for women and democracy for all in Zimbabwe and an end to Robert Mugabe's repressive regime © Stefano Cagnoni

08-03-2008 - ACTSA demonstration in Trafalgar Square on International Women's Day, calling for dignity for women and democracy for all in Zimbabwe and an end to Robert Mugabe's repressive regime © Stefano Cagnoni

08-03-2008 - Brendan Barber, General Secretary of the TUC, speaking at an ACTSA demonstration in Trafalgar Square on International Women's Day, calling for dignity for women and democracy for all in Zimbabwe and a... © Stefano Cagnoni

03-03-2008 - Johannesburg, South Africa. Three Zimbabweans seek advice in the office of the Ministry of Refugees Centre (MRC) in Johannesburg. © Felipe Trueba

28-11-2007 - A child smiles at the camera behind a sweets shop sign in a neighbourhood in the outskirts of Johannesburg, South Africa. A large number of Zimbabweans live in these area. © Felipe Trueba

28-11-2007 - Girl outside her house in a neighbourhood outside Johannesburg that has a large number of Zimbabwean people living there. South Africa. © Felipe Trueba

28-11-2007 - Three girls sells clothes outside her house in a neighbourhood outside Johannesburg that has a large number of Zimbabwean people living there South Africa. © Felipe Trueba

28-11-2007 - Johannesburg, South Africa The Methodist church of South Africa in downtown Johannesburg, offers shelter every night for approximately 900 refugees manly from Zimbabwe. © Felipe Trueba

28-11-2007 - A neighbourhood in the outskirts of Johannesburg, South Africa, November 2007. A large number of Zimbabweans live in this area, a commuter town. © Felipe Trueba

28-11-2007 - Johannesburg, South Africa The Methodist church of South Africa in downtown Johannesburg, offers shelter every night for approximately 900 refugees manly from Zimbabwe. © Felipe Trueba

26-11-2007 - The main border crossing between Zimbawe and South Africa is Beitbridge over Limpopo River. Because of the situation in Zimbabwe a lot of people flee the country over this bridge. Some work carrying g... © Felipe Trueba

26-11-2007 - Beitbridge South African boarder. Migrants wait on the Zimbabwean side of the Limpopo river to cross illegally into South Africa, near Maroi farm, 30 km west of Beitbridge. The Limpopo river is the na... © Felipe Trueba

26-11-2007 - Beitbridge South African boarder. Migrants from the Zimbabwean side of the Limpopo river to cross illegally into South Africa, near Maroi farm, 30 km west of Beitbridge. The Limpopo river is the natur... © Felipe Trueba

26-11-2007 - The main border crossing between Zimbawe and South Africa is Beitbridge over Lupopo river. Because of the situation in Zimbabwe a lot of people flee the country over this bridge. Some work carrying go... © Felipe Trueba

26-11-2007 - Election poster at the main border between Zimbawe and South Africa in Beitbridge. Thousands flee the country through Beitbridge. A group that describes itself as an underground pro-democracy movement... © Felipe Trueba

25-11-2007 - Beitbridge. Two border jumpers cross the Limpopo through a small dam, near Maroi farm, 30 km west of Beitbridge. The Limpopo, a very broad and shallow river, is the natural border between Zimbabwe and... © Felipe Trueba

25-11-2007 - Beitbridge. Two border jumpers cross the Limpopo through a small dam, near Maroi farm, 30 km west of Beitbridge. The Limpopo, a very broad and shallow river, is the natural border between Zimbabwe and... © Felipe Trueba

25-11-2007 - Beitbridge. Two border jumpers cross the Limpopo through a small dam, near Maroi farm, 30 km west of Beitbridge. The Limpopo, a very broad and shallow river, is the natural border between Zimbabwe and... © Felipe Trueba

25-11-2007 - Beitbridge. Two border jumpers cross the Limpopo through a small dam, near Maroi farm, 30 km west of Beitbridge. The Limpopo, a very broad and shallow river, is the natural border between Zimbabwe and... © Felipe Trueba

25-11-2007 - Beitbridge. Two border jumpers cross the Limpopo through a small dam, near Maroi farm, 30 km west of Beitbridge. The Limpopo, a very broad and shallow river, is the natural border between Zimbabwe and... © Felipe Trueba

25-11-2007 - Beitbridge South African boarder. Migrants from Zimbabwean side of the Limpopo river cross illegally into South Africa, near Maroi farm, 30 km west of Beitbridge. The Limpopo river is the natural bord... © Felipe Trueba

25-11-2007 - Beitbridge South African boarder. Migrants from Zimbabwean side of the Limpopo river cross illegally into South Africa, near Maroi farm, 30 km west of Beitbridge. The Limpopo river is the natural bord... © Felipe Trueba

25-11-2007 - Beitbridge South African boarder. Migrants from Zimbabwean side of the Limpopo river cross illegally into South Africa, near Maroi farm, 30 km west of Beitbridge. The Limpopo river is the natural bord... © Felipe Trueba

25-11-2007 - Beitbridge / South Africa Two men inspect a tunnel under a road outside Musina. Migrants use these places to live and sleep as they wait for a transport that will carry them to Pretoria or Johannesbur... © Felipe Trueba

25-11-2007 - Outside Musina - South Africa. November 2007. Ephraim Maphosa (17) (left) and Samuel Mutoko (24) met each other on their way to Johannesburg after they jumped the border from Zimbabwe to South Africa... © Felipe Trueba

25-11-2007 - Beitbridge South African boarder. Migrants from Zimbabwean side of the Limpopo river cross illegally into South Africa, near Maroi farm, 30 km west of Beitbridge. The Limpopo river is the natural bord... © Felipe Trueba

21-11-2007 - A women prepares some food for her child outside his home in the high density area of Epworth in the outskirts of Harare Zimbabwe. Power and water cuts are very common and people have to light fires i... © Felipe Trueba

21-11-2007 - A prostitute reflected in the mirror of her hotel room in central Harare. © Felipe Trueba

21-11-2007 - A HIV positive man in his house in near Warren Park, in the outskirts of Harare, Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe is the only country in the world with a tax specifically created to tackle the HIV problem. These fu... © Felipe Trueba

21-11-2007 - A shopkeeper in front of the empty crates of the local maize beer in Bulawaya, Zimbabwe. © Felipe Trueba

21-11-2007 - Epworth in the outskirts of Harare Zimbabwe. After 0peration Murambatsvina many people moved to Harare, squatting in the outskirts of the capital in very poor living conditions with no electricity or... © Felipe Trueba

21-11-2007 - Epworth in the outskirts of Harare Zimbabwe. After 0peration Murambatsvina many people moved to Harare, squatting in the outskirts of the capital in very poor living conditions with no electricity or... © Felipe Trueba

21-11-2007 - A women prepares some food for her child outside his home in the high density area of Epworth in the outskirts of Harare Zimbabwe. Power and water cuts are very common and people have to light fires i... © Felipe Trueba

21-11-2007 - A women prepares some food for her child outside his home in the high density area of Epworth in the outskirts of Harare Zimbabwe. Power and water cuts are very common and people have to light fires i... © Felipe Trueba

21-11-2007 - A women prepares some food for her child outside his home in the high density area of Epworth in the outskirts of Harare Zimbabwe. Power and water cuts are very common and people have to light fires i... © Felipe Trueba

21-11-2007 - Harare - Zimbabwe. A women women cooks outside his home in the high density area of Epworth outside Harare. Power and water cuts are very common and people have to light bonfires in order to cook. © Felipe Trueba

20-11-2007 - Harare, Zimbabwe. Political repression by the ruling party, ZANU-PF. Human right abuses, torture of opposition politicians (MDC) and civil rights activists by ZANU-PF member increased in the months be... © Felipe Trueba

20-11-2007 - Harare, Zimbabwe. Unemployed Zimbabweans relax in a bar in Warren Park, outside Harare. © Felipe Trueba

20-11-2007 - Harare - Zimbabwe. In 2002 the house of the Chimala family got destroyed by ZANU-PF members because of their openly support of the opposition party MDC during the elections of 2002. Two children of th... © Felipe Trueba

20-11-2007 - Harare - Zimbabwe. An extended part of the Warren Hills cemetery, outside Harare. The old cemetery is full. The death rate in Zimbabwe is one the highest of the world due to the economic malaise that... © Felipe Trueba

20-11-2007 - Harare - Zimbabwe. In 2002 the house of the Chimala family got destroyed by ZANU-PF members because of their openly support of the opposition party MDC during the elections of 2002. Two children of th... © Felipe Trueba

20-11-2007 - Harare - Zimbabwe. In 2002 the house of the Chimala family got destroyed by ZANU-PF members because of their openly support of the opposition party MDC during the elections of 2002. Two children of th... © Felipe Trueba

20-11-2007 - Harare, Zimbabwe. Unemployed Zimbabweans in a bar in Warren Park, outside Harare. © Felipe Trueba

20-11-2007 - Harare, Zimbabwe. Unemployed Zimbabweans in a bar in Warren Park, outside Harare. A few food items are for sale. © Felipe Trueba

20-11-2007 - Harare, Zimbabwe. Unemployed Zimbabweans in a bar in Warren Park, outside Harare. © Felipe Trueba

19-11-2007 - Harare - Zimbabwe. People who were forced to move by the Zimbabwean government during operation Murambatsvina in 2005 returned to Harare. They squatted a piece of land in the outskirts of the high den... © Felipe Trueba

19-11-2007 - Harare - Zimbabwe. People who were forced to move by the Zimbabwean government during operation Murambatsvina in 2005 returned to Harare. They squatted a piece of land in the outskirts of the high den... © Felipe Trueba

19-11-2007 - Harare - Zimbabwe. People who were forced to move by the Zimbabwean government during Operation Murambatsvina in 2005 returned to Harare. They squatted a piece of land in the outskirts of the high den... © Felipe Trueba

19-11-2007 - Harare - Zimbabwe. A women followed by some children carries water to her shed in Glenview I, a high populated area outside Harare. People who were forced to move by the Zimbabwean government during O... © Felipe Trueba

19-11-2007 - Harare - Zimbabwe. People who were forced to move by the Zimbabwean government during operation Murambatsvina in 2005 returned to Harare. They squatted a piece of land in the outskirts of the high den... © Felipe Trueba

19-11-2007 - Harare - Zimbabwe. People who were forced to move by the Zimbabwean government during operation Murambatsvina in 2005 returned to Harare. They squatted a piece of land in the outskirts of the high den... © Felipe Trueba

18-11-2007 - Harare, Zimbabwe is facing a massive water shortage, especially in the high density areas around Harare. Women queuing to fill water containers from a waterhole, a natural water spring, Tafara Mabvuku © Felipe Trueba

18-11-2007 - Bulawayo - Zimbabwe Shops are empty. Here a big supermarket in Bulawayo has almost nothing on the shelves. © Felipe Trueba

18-11-2007 - Fuel shortages in Zimbabwe. A man buys petrol in the black market in Harare, Zimbabwe. Petrol is an important factor in Zimbabwe s economy and subject to high inflation. © Felipe Trueba

16-11-2007 - Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. A man sells fruit in a small stall in a road crossing in the outskirts of Bulawayo. Zimbabwe faces an economic chrisis. Food supplies are scarce. © Felipe Trueba

16-11-2007 - A money changer in the black market in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. Despite soaring inflation rates the formal banking system still uses an official exchange rate pegged at 250 Zimbabwe dollars (ZWD) to the US... © Felipe Trueba

16-11-2007 - Food shortages in Zimbabwe. Satirical drawing in The Zimbabwean newspaper on 18 November 2007. Wildlife hunters refer to the elephant, rhino, buffalo, lion and leopard as the Big Five in Africa. The n... © Felipe Trueba

16-11-2007 - Zimbabwean currency. Despite soaring inflation rates the formal banking system still uses an official exchange rate pegged at 250 Zimbabwe dollars (ZWD) to the US dollar. On the illegal parallel marke... © Felipe Trueba

12-11-2007 - Weipe, South Africa. A Zimbabwean woman working in a farms picks up a pumpkin for packing. © Felipe Trueba

12-11-2007 - Weipe, South Africa. Zimbabweans working on a farm picking pumpkins. © Felipe Trueba

12-11-2007 - Weipe, South Africa. Zimbabweans working on a farm picking pumpkins. © Felipe Trueba

12-11-2007 - Weipe, South Africa. Women hoe in a maize field. Thousands of Zimbabweans work and live on the farms near the border. © Felipe Trueba

12-11-2007 - Zimbabweans working on a farm near the Limpopo river. The Zimbabweans are regarded as good and reliable workforce but are often underpaid by the white farmers who employ them. © Felipe Trueba

12-11-2007 - Zimbabweans working on a farm near the Limpopo river. The Zimbabweans are regarded as good and reliable workforce but are often underpaid by the white farmers who employ them. © Felipe Trueba

09-11-2007 - Johannesburg, South Africa, November 2007. A man, who just arrived from Zimbabwe, fills in some papers in the Zimbabwe Political Victims Association (ZIPOWA) in Johannesburg. Many inmigrants apply for... © Felipe Trueba

08-11-2007 - Johannesburg, South Africa The Methodist church of South Africa in downtown Johannesburg, offers shelter every night for approximately 900 refugees manly from Zimbabwe. Washing clothes on the roof. © Felipe Trueba

08-11-2007 - Without any money to buy food many Zimbabweans depend on the help of charity organizations which distribute food for free in different places around Johannesburg, South Africa. © Felipe Trueba

08-11-2007 - Johannesburg, South Africa.. Without any money to buy food many Zimbabweans depend on the help of charity organizations which distribute food for free in different places around Johannesburg. © Felipe Trueba

08-11-2007 - Without any money to buy food many Zimbabweans depend on the help of charity organizations which distribute food for free in different places around Johannesburg, South Africa. © Felipe Trueba

07-11-2007 - Central Methodist Church, Johannesburg, South Africa, November 2007. The Methodist Church offers shelter every night for more than 1000 refugees, most of them Zimbabweans. © Felipe Trueba

06-11-2007 - Central Methodist Church, Johannesburg, South Africa, November 2007. The Methodist Church offers shelter every night for more than 1000 refugees, most of them Zimbabweans. One the rooms of the church... © Felipe Trueba

06-11-2007 - Women rest in one the rooms of the church that serves as a canteen during the afternoon and as a dormitory at night. Johannesburg, South Africa The Methodist church of South Africa in downtown Johanne... © Felipe Trueba

04-11-2007 - Weipe, South Africa. A women irons in her house inside a farm compound. Thousands of Zimbabweans who cross the border into South Africa work and live on the farms near the border. © Felipe Trueba

01-11-2007 - Marabastad Centre, Pretoria, South AfricInmigrants queue outside Marabastad Home Affairs Department in order to pick up the asylum papers. © Felipe Trueba

01-11-2007 - Pretoria, South Africa. Refugees from Zimbabwe near the Marabastad Refugee Reception Centre (Ministry of Home Affairs) in Pretoria where they apply for a South African visa. Because of administrative... © Felipe Trueba

01-11-2007 - Pretoria, South Africa. Refugees from Zimbabwe near the Marabastad Refugee Reception Centre (Ministry of Home Affairs) in Pretoria where they apply for a South African visa. Because of administrative... © Felipe Trueba

01-11-2007 - Pretoria, South Africa. Refugees from Zimbabwe near the Marabastad Refugee Reception Centre (Ministry of Home Affairs) in Pretoria where they apply for a South African visa. Because of administrative... © Felipe Trueba

01-11-2007 - Pretoria, South Africa. Refugees from Zimbabwe near the Marabastad Refugee Reception Centre (Ministry of Home Affairs) in Pretoria where they apply for a South African visa. Because of administrative... © Felipe Trueba

01-11-2007 - Marabastad Centre, Pretoria, South Africn Imigrants queue outside Marabastad Home Affairs Department in order to pick up the asylum papers. © Felipe Trueba

01-11-2007 - Pretoria, South Africa. Refugees from Zimbabwe near the Marabastad Refugee Reception Centre (Ministry of Home Affairs) in Pretoria where they apply for a South African visa. Because of administrative... © Felipe Trueba

01-11-2007 - Pretoria, South Africa. Eating chickens feet. Refugees from Zimbabwe near the Marabastad Refugee Reception Centre (Ministry of Home Affairs) in Pretoria where they apply for a South African visa. Beca... © Felipe Trueba

01-11-2007 - Pretoria, South Africa. Refugees from Zimbabwe near the Marabastad Refugee Reception Centre (Ministry of Home Affairs) in Pretoria where they apply for a South African visa. Because of administrative... © Felipe Trueba

01-11-2007 - Pretoria, South Africa. Refugees from Zimbabwe near the Marabastad Refugee Reception Centre (Ministry of Home Affairs) in Pretoria where they apply for a South African visa. Because of administrative... © Felipe Trueba

24-09-2006 - Zimbabweans from the Movement for Democratic Change demonstrate against Mugabe at the 2006 Labour Party Annual Conference, Manchester, UK. © Paul Herrmann

13-09-2006 - Thabitha Khumalo, 3rd Vice President, Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions, addresses the TUC Congress 2006, Brighton. © Jess Hurd

13-09-2006 - Delegates sing along, as Thabitha Khumalo, 3rd Vice President, Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions, addresses the TUC Congress 2006, Brighton. © Jess Hurd

13-09-2006 - Thabitha Khumalo, 3rd Vice President, Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions, addresses the TUC Congress 2006, Brighton. © Jess Hurd

13-09-2006 - Delegates sing along, as Thabitha Khumalo, 3rd Vice President, Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions, addresses the TUC Congress 2006, Brighton. © Jess Hurd

13-09-2006 - Thabitha Khumalo, 3rd Vice President, Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions, addresses the TUC Congress 2006, Brighton. © Jess Hurd

13-09-2006 - Paul Mackney NATFHE, Mark Serwotka PCS, Jeremy Dear NUJ and Janice Godrich PCS applaud as Thabitha Khumalo, 3rd Vice President, Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions, addresses the TUC Congress 2006, Brig... © Jess Hurd

13-09-2006 - Thabitha Khumalo, 3rd Vice President, Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions, addresses the TUC Congress 2006, Brighton. © Jess Hurd