02-02-2020 - Oaxaca, Mexico: Triqui unity rally, central square. The area of western Oaxaca where they live is one of the poorest regions of Mexico. Many Triquis have been forced through poverty and violence to le... © Jim West

03-11-2017 - Rosharon, Texas, USA Cambodian immigrant farmers living in poor conditions more than two months afer Hurricane Harvey swept through southeast Texas. Im Vanthan, 76, is living in a makeshift tent after... © Jim West

03-11-2017 - Rosharon, Texas, USA Cambodian immigrant farmers living in poor conditions more than two months afer Hurricane Harvey swept through southeast Texas. Im Vanthan, 76, is living in a makeshift tent after... © Jim West

03-11-2017 - Rosharon, Texas, USA Cambodian immigrant farmers living in poor conditions more than two months afer Hurricane Harvey swept through southeast Texas. Im Vanthan, 76, is living in a makeshift tent after... © Jim West

03-11-2017 - Rosharon, Texas USA Cambodian immigrants outside the trailer they lived in with their 7 year old son until it was flooded by Hurricane Harvey. They are part of a community of Cambodian refugees who se... © Jim West

03-11-2017 - Rosharon, Texas, USA Temporary mailbox and debris from Hurricane Harvey in a community of Cambodian immigrants. Refugees fleeing the Khmer Rouge settled here in the early 1980s. The community is strug... © Jim West

03-11-2017 - Rosharon, Texas USA Cambodian immigrant harvesting water spinach in a greenhouse. She is part of a community of Cambodian refugees who settled in south Texas in the early 1980s after fleeing the Khmer... © Jim West

03-11-2017 - Rosharon, Texas USA Cambodian immigrant harvesting water spinach in a greenhouse. She is part of a community of Cambodian refugees who settled in south Texas in the early 1980s after fleeing the Khmer... © Jim West

03-11-2017 - Rosharon, Texas USA Cambodian immigrant harvesting water spinach in a greenhouse. She is part of a community of Cambodian refugees who settled in south Texas in the early 1980s after fleeing the Khmer... © Jim West

02-02-2016 - Oaxaca, Mexico Triqui ethnic group protest their displacement from their homes and the violence that prevades the area of western Oaxaca where they live. Many Triquis have been forced through poverty... © Jim West

02-02-2016 - Oaxaca, Mexico Triqui ethnic group protest their displacement from their homes and the violence that prevades the area of western Oaxaca where they live. Many Triquis have been forced through poverty... © Jim West

02-02-2016 - Oaxaca, Mexico Triqui ethnic group protest their displacement from their homes and the violence that prevades the area of western Oaxaca where they live. Many Triquis have been forced through poverty... © Jim West

02-02-2016 - Oaxaca, Mexico Triqui ethnic group protest their displacement from their homes and the violence that prevades the area of western Oaxaca where they live. Many Triquis have been forced through poverty... © Jim West

02-02-2016 - Oaxaca, Mexico Triqui ethnic group protest their displacement from their homes and the violence that prevades the area of western Oaxaca where they live. Many Triquis have been forced through poverty... © Jim West

25-12-2015 - Battambang, Cambodia, farmers displaced from the countryside have built homes along an alleyway © David Bacon

25-12-2015 - Battambang, Cambodia, farmers displaced from the countryside have built homes along an alleyway © David Bacon

25-12-2015 - Battambang, Cambodia, farmers displaced from the countryside have built homes along an alleyway © David Bacon

28-11-2012 - New York, NY - Volunteers on Staten Island help with the recovery from Hurricane Sandy. On a street corner, neighborhood volunteers serve meals to those displaced by the storm and to those working on... © Jim West

28-11-2012 - New York, New York - Volunteers on Staten Island help with the recovery from Hurricane Sandy, unloading supplies on a street corner for neighborhood residents who lost their belongings in the storm. © Jim West

28-11-2012 - New York, New York - Volunteers on Staten Island help with the recovery from Hurricane Sandy, unloading supplies on a street corner for neighborhood residents who lost their belongings in the storm. © Jim West

27-11-2012 - Manahawkin, New Jersey - Gods Food Pantry, Volunteers at the King of Kings Church sort donated food and cleaning supplies for people displaced by Hurricane Sandy. The church filled its sanctuary with... © Jim West

27-11-2012 - Manahawkin, New Jersey - Volunteers at the King of Kings Church sort donated clothing for people displaced by Hurricane Sandy. The church filled its sanctuary with food and its gym with clothing for s... © Jim West

13-10-2012 - A child walks past a billboard warning that you will be condemed to 20 years in jail if you collaberate with Narcoterrorists. Do not risk your freedom. The remote jungle region of VRAE/ Ayacucho is in... © Boris Heger

12-10-2012 - Ashaninka tribes people, near Canaire in the remote jungle region of VRAE / Ayacucho. The noise of gunshots are heard. The presence of a military base makes the village particularly exposed to regular... © Boris Heger

03-02-2011 - Colombia. Feet blown off. Internally displaced indigenous people who have stepped on landmines, sitting in the communal lounge of a charity, which takes care of them while they are on medical treatmen... © Boris Heger

03-02-2011 - Colombia IDPS, poor and dangerous neighbourhood mostly populated by internally displaced people in Bogota, Colombia. © Boris Heger

03-02-2011 - Colombia, IDS, poor and dangerous neighbourhood mostly populated by internally displaced people in Bogota © Boris Heger

03-02-2011 - Bogota, IDPS, a poor and dangerous neighbourhood mostly populated by internally displaced people in Bogota, Colombia. © Boris Heger

03-02-2011 - Bogota, Colombia Army military police Brigade No 13 patrol passing by on an operation into the poor and dangerous neighbourhood mostly populated by internally displaced people. Bogota, Colombia. © Boris Heger

02-02-2011 - Bogota, Colombia. Internally displaced indigenous people being processed by the states help organisation in a poor and dangerous neighbourhood in Bogota. © Boris Heger

02-02-2011 - Bogota, Colombia. Internally displaced indigenous people being interviewed and processed by the states help organisation in a poor and dangerous neighbourhood in Bogota. © Boris Heger

02-02-2011 - Bogota, Colombia. Internally displaced indigenous people being processed by the states help organisation in a poor and dangerous neighbourhood in Bogota. © Boris Heger

02-02-2011 - Bogota, Colombia. Internally displaced indigenous people being processed by the states help organisation in a poor and dangerous neighbourhood in Bogota. © Boris Heger

25-01-2011 - Bogota, Colombia. Internally displaced indigenous family in their home in a poor and dangerous neighbourhoor in Bogota, Colombia. © Boris Heger

25-01-2011 - Bogota, Colombia. Internally displaced indigenous family in their home in a poor and dangerous neighbourhoor © Boris Heger

25-01-2011 - Bogota, Colombia. Old internally displaced man in a poor and dangerous neighbourhood in Bogota, Colombia. Injured eye. © Boris Heger

25-01-2011 - Bogota, Colombia. Internally displaced indigenous family in their home in a poor and dangerous neighbourhood in Bogota, Colombia. © Boris Heger

25-01-2011 - Bogota, Colombia. Internally displaced indigenous woman eating a meal offered by the state, offered once a day to poor people in a dangerous neighbourhood in Bogota, Colombia. © Boris Heger

22-01-2011 - Bogota, Colombia, internally displaced indigenous man working as a cleaner in a modern supermarket after having spent his entire life in the jungle. Villavicencio, Colombia. © Boris Heger

22-01-2011 - Colombia, internally displaced indigenous family in a poor neighbourhood in Villavicencio, Colombia. © Boris Heger

22-01-2011 - Colombia, internally displaced indigenous family in a poor neighbourhood in Villavicencio, Colombia. © Boris Heger

22-01-2011 - Colombia, mother keeping her children up with traditional customs by teaching them indigenous games and traditions. An internally displaced indigenous family in a poor neighbourhood in Villavicencio,... © Boris Heger

22-01-2011 - Colombia, internally displaced indigenous man who works in a supermarket having a meal at home after a long day at work, watched by a kitten, in a poor neighbourhood in Villavicencio, Colombia. © Boris Heger

22-01-2011 - Colombia, internally displaced indigenous boy playing with a gun made of Lego Duplo bricks in a poor neighbourhood in Villavicencio, Colombia. © Boris Heger

22-01-2011 - Colombia, Internally displaced indigenous people in a poor neighbourhood in Villavicencio © Boris Heger

22-01-2011 - Colombia, Internally displaced indigenous people in a poor neighbourhood in Villavicencio, Colombia. © Boris Heger

21-01-2011 - Colombia, Internally displaced indigenous children standing in front of their shelter in a shantytown in Villavicencio, Colombia. © Boris Heger

21-01-2011 - Colombia, family of internally displaced indigenous people sitting in their shelter in a shantytown in Villavicencio, Colombia. © Boris Heger

21-01-2011 - Colombia, Boys playing with a plastic toy gun in a shantytown in Villavicencio © Boris Heger

20-01-2011 - Colombia, family of indigenous internally displaced people waiting to receive some basic items at the Red Cross Office in San Jose del Guaviare, Colombia. © Boris Heger

20-01-2011 - Colombia, internally displaced indigenous mother upset and jobless, next to her child outside her shelter on the outskirts of the city, San Jose del Guaviare © Boris Heger

20-01-2011 - Colombia, internally displaced indigenous men and a handmade gun outside their shelter on the outskirts of the city, San Jose del Guaviare © Boris Heger

20-01-2011 - Colombia, internally displaced indigenous woman living in San Jose del Guaviare, Colombia. © Boris Heger

20-01-2011 - Colombia, Internally displaced indigenous men who just came back from a weeks hunting, ready to cook a young crocodile in their shelter. San Jose del Guaviare, Colombia. © Boris Heger

20-01-2011 - Colombia, internally displaced indigenous woman cooking a young crocodile outside her shelter. San Jose del Guaviare, Colombia. © Boris Heger

20-01-2011 - Colombia, internally displaced indigenous woman cooking a young crocodile outside her shelter. San Jose del Guaviare, Colombia. © Boris Heger

20-01-2011 - Colombia, internally displaced indigenous men who just came back from a weeks hunting, show their family members traditional medicinal herbs they have found. San Jose del Guaviare, Colombia. © Boris Heger

20-01-2011 - Colombia, Internally displaced indigenous people moving their handicrafts into their shelter. San Jose del Guaviare, Colombia. © Boris Heger

20-01-2011 - Colombia, Internally displaced children playing yo-yo in front of their shelter. San Jose del Guaviare, Colombia. © Boris Heger

19-01-2011 - Colombia, boy sitting in an old 4x4 Land Cruiser, travel is often dangerous and roads are in bad condition. San Jose del Guaviare, Colombia. © Boris Heger

19-01-2011 - Colombia, Nukak Maku indigenous woman weaving traditional handicrafts with her partner, in their shelter near San Jose del Guaviare, Colombia. © Boris Heger

19-01-2011 - Colombia, Nukak Maku indigenous boy from the Amazon rainforest standing in his shelter near San Jose del Guaviare, Colombia. He is one of the last members of his tribe. © Boris Heger

17-01-2011 - Colombia, internally displaced indigenous woman preparing some food with her child in her shelter on the outskirts of the city, San Jose del Guaviare, Colombia. © Boris Heger

17-01-2011 - Colombia, Internally displaced indigenous children playing in a shelter on the outskirts of the city, San Jose del Guaviare, Colombia. © Boris Heger

17-01-2011 - Colombia, Internally displaced indigenous children playing in a shelter on the outskirts of the city, San Jose del Guaviare, Colombia. © Boris Heger

17-01-2011 - Colombia, Internally displaced indigenous children helping their mother weave some leaves into a roof for their shelter on the outskirts of San Jose del Guaviare, Colombia. © Boris Heger

17-01-2011 - Colombia, internally displaced indigenous shaman medicine man explaining to young members of his tribe the Ayahuasca root locally called "Yage". This hallucinogen drug is commonly used by some latin a... © Boris Heger

17-01-2011 - Colombia, internally displaced indigenous shaman medicine man explaining to young members of his tribe the Ayahuasca root locally called "Yage". This hallucinogen drug is commonly used by some latin a... © Boris Heger

17-01-2011 - Colombia, internally displaced indigenous shaman medicine man explaining to young members of his tribe the Ayahuasca root locally called "Yage". This hallucinogen drug is commonly used by some latin a... © Boris Heger

17-01-2011 - Colombia, internally displaced indigenous shaman medicine man explaining to young members of his tribe the Ayahuasca root locally called "Yage". This hallucinogen drug is commonly used by some latin a... © Boris Heger

17-01-2011 - Colombia, internally displaced indigenous shaman medicine man explaining to young members of his tribe the Ayahuasca root locally called "Yage". This hallucinogen drug is commonly used by some latin a... © Boris Heger

17-01-2011 - Colombia, internally displaced indigenous woman crying as she talks about her native homeland. San Jose del Guaviare, Colombia. © Boris Heger

10-11-2010 - Colombia, internally displaced woman sitting in front of her house next to a shop - a general store selling food- in the poor suburb of Pozos Azules, Cartagena. © Boris Heger

10-11-2010 - Colombia, internally displaced girl standing in front of her shelter in the poor suburb of Pozos Azules, Cartagena. © Boris Heger

10-11-2010 - Colombia, Internally displaced boys in their sunglasses playing at being gang members in front of their house in the poor suburb of Pozos Azule, Cartagena. © Boris Heger

10-11-2010 - Colombia, internally displaced mother and mentally affected child walking in the poor suburb of Pozos Azules, Cartagena. © Boris Heger

10-11-2010 - Colombia, internally displaced woman and her house in the poor suburb of Pozos Azules, Cartagena. © Boris Heger

10-11-2010 - Colombia, internally displaced woman small hairdressers business attending to a client in the poor suburb of Pozos Azules, Cartagena. © Boris Heger

10-11-2010 - Colombia, internally displaced woman small hairdressing business attending to a client in the poor suburb of Pozos Azules, Cartagena, Colombia © Boris Heger

10-11-2010 - Colombia, Internally displaced people in the poor suburb of Pozos Azules, Cartagena. © Boris Heger

10-11-2010 - Colombia, Internally displaced people in the poor suburb of Pozos Azules, Cartagena. © Boris Heger

10-11-2010 - Colombia, butchers shop, internally displaced people in the poor suburb of Pozos Azules, Cartagena. © Boris Heger

10-11-2010 - Colombia, Internally displaced people in the poor suburb of Pozos Azules, Cartagena. © Boris Heger

03-07-2010 - Colombia, Internally displaced children playing in their poor neighbourhood. Coastal communities who live along the Pacific coast near the city of Buenaventura are in threat of further displacement du... © Boris Heger

03-07-2010 - Colombia, internally displaced child playing with a tyre in their poor neighbourhood. Coastal communities who live along the Pacific coast near the city of Buenaventura are in threat of further displa... © Boris Heger

03-07-2010 - Colombia, internally displaced child signing a peace sign to the camera. Communities who live near the city of Buenaventura are in threat of further displacement due to conflict. Buenaventura, Colombi... © Boris Heger

03-07-2010 - Colombia, idps who live near Buenaventura are threatened with further displacement due to violent conflict © Boris Heger

03-07-2010 - Colombia, Internally displaced children in a poor neighbourhood. Communities who live near the city of Buenaventura are in threat of further displacement due to conflict. Buenaventura, Colombia. © Boris Heger

03-07-2010 - Colombia, Internally displaced children in a poor neighbourhood. Communities who live near the city of Buenaventura are in threat of further displacement due to conflict. Buenaventura, Colombia. © Boris Heger

03-07-2010 - An internally displaced boy washing. Buenaventura, Colombia. © Boris Heger

03-07-2010 - Buenaventura, Colombia. Children flying a kite in a slum area of a pier. Coastal communities who live along the Pacific coast near the city of Buenaventura are in threat of displacement due to conflic... © Boris Heger

03-07-2010 - Buenaventura, Colombia. Children playing in a slum area. Coastal communities who live along the Pacific coast near the city of Buenaventura are in threat of displacement due to conflict. Buenaventura,... © Boris Heger

03-07-2010 - Buenaventura, Colombia. Children playing in a slum area. Coastal communities who live along the Pacific coast near the city of Buenaventura are in threat of displacement due to conflict. Buenaventura,... © Boris Heger

04-06-2010 - Colombia, young idp washing clothes, familly shelter in a poor neighbourhood of the city of Cucuta, on the border with Venezuela. The deteriorating security situation in the region on the border has l... © Boris Heger

27-05-2010 - Venezuela, colombian refugee child watching her mother working at home to try to sustain her family. The deteriorating security situation in the regions on the border with Venezuela has led to more th... © Boris Heger

27-05-2010 - Venezuela, Colombian refugees walk in the street in a poor neighbourhood of San Cristobal, Venezuela on the boarder with Columbia. The deteriorating security situation in the regions on the border wit... © Boris Heger

26-05-2010 - Venezuela, poor neighbourhood where a majority of idps are living, in a poor area of Cucuta, on the border with Venezuela.The deteriorating security situation in the regions on the border with Venezue... © Boris Heger

26-05-2010 - Colombia, young idp plays with a ball, family shelter in a poor area of Cucuta. The deteriorating security situation in the regions on the border with Venezuela has led to more than 15000 seeking refu... © Boris Heger

26-05-2010 - Colombia, idp washing clothes in front of her family shelter in a poor neighborhood of the city of Cucuta, on the border with Venezuela. The deteriorating security situation in the region on the borde... © Boris Heger

26-05-2010 - Colombia, idp boy playing with his bike, bakery in a poor area of Cucuta. The deteriorating security situation in the regions on the border with Venezuela has led to more than 15000 seeking refuge in... © Boris Heger