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Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:03 PM

Internally displaced boy Asif, 4, whose family fled the military operations in Khyber Agency, cools himself off at the UNHCR Jalozai camp in Pakistan's northwest Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province April 27, 2013. Tens of thousands of Pakistanis in the country's restive tribal areas have been displaced by fighting between the military and the Taliban and living in refugee camps, the largest one in Jalozai on the edge of Peshawar. With the landmark May election edging closer, candidates shuttle between refugee camps, putting up posters, holding corner meetings and jockeying for the votes of displaced people from their constituencies. The tribal areas, which until this election had barred political parties from operating, will be an important battleground in the upcoming polls. Watched over by wary soldiers manning checkpoints along newly tarred roads, entire families are staying in tents in the rubble of homes ruined by fighting and fierce weather, hoping that the election will be the first step towards a better Pakistan with more jobs, economic prosperity and a better. Picture taken 27 April, 2013. (PAKISTAN - Tags: SOCIETY POLITICS ELECTIONS CIVIL UNREST)

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 11:58 AM

An internally displaced girl Ayesha, 4, whose family fled the military operations in Khyber Agency, plays outside her family tent at the UNHCR Jalozai camp in Pakistan's northwest Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province April 26, 2013. Tens of thousands of Pakistanis in the country's restive tribal areas have been displaced by fighting between the military and the Taliban and living in refugee camps, the largest one in Jalozai on the edge of Peshawar. With the landmark May election edging closer, candidates shuttle between refugee camps, putting up posters, holding corner meetings and jockeying for the votes of displaced people from their constituencies. The tribal areas, which until this election had barred political parties from operating, will be an important battleground in the upcoming polls. Watched over by wary soldiers manning checkpoints along newly tarred roads, entire families are staying in tents in the rubble of homes ruined by fighting and fierce weather, hoping that the election will be the first step towards a better Pakistan with more jobs, economic prosperity and a better life. Picture taken 26 April, 2013. REUTERS/Fayaz Aziz (PAKISTAN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS ELECTIONS SOCIETY)

Mon, 13 May 2013 16:56 PM

"Have you read Oscar Wilde?" is just one of the inappropriate questions LGBTi asylum seekers are asked by immigration officials

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:08 PM

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 12:36 PM

The Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) lists the world's top displacements of 2012 and the most internally displaced populations

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 08:48 AM

A police officer waves away onlookers at the site of a bomb blast on University Road in Peshawar April 29, 2013. A bomb killed eight people in Pakistan on Monday, including the son of an influential Afghan cleric, and wounded about 45 in the northwestern city of Peshawar, officials said. REUTERS/Fayaz Aziz (PAKISTAN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS)