This is a selection of photos that are representing refugees from Myanmar who continue to arrive daily at the 20 rapidly expanding camps around Cox’s Bazar. These refugees in Balukhali camp speak of their dreams for the future and the horror that drove them to leave.

From Rohingya refugees who have fled Myanmar to escape a fresh wave of violence in Rakhine state to aid agencies that are currently assessing how they can reduce the risk of landslides and tragedy before the rains and cyclones hit the camp, all these photos will impress you.

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Since 25 August last year, about 700,000 Rohingya refugees have fled Myanmar to escape a fresh wave of violence in Rakhine state. The majority are now living in makeshift camps near Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh. They joined more than 300,000 refugees who were already in the country having fled previous attacks and harassmentp

‘Dr Ripon’, as he is known, opened a shop in the informal Balukhali refugee camp four months ago. He sells drugs and other medical items to treat allergies, fever and asthma, which he says are common complaints in the camp. Ripon, 44, is Bangladeshi and, when he’s not manning the shop, he’s a senior area manager for a drug company. He says he opened the shop ‘to help Rohingya people’ and makes only a small profit from his sales. He can check blood pressure, and refers people to medical centres if he can’t help them

Nurulamim, centre, fled the violence in Rakhine state in August. The 45-year-old, pictured with his daughter, Rokeya, 12, travelled to Cox’s Bazar with his wife and five children. His brother was killed in Myanmar. To supplement the family’s rations of rice, oil and gram lentils from the World Food Programme, he sells corn on the cob. He makes about 200 to 300 Bangladeshi takas a day (£1.70-£2.60). ‘The rations are not enough to feed the family, so we are doing this,’ he says. He would like to return to Myanmar, but, he says, ‘I want to stay here because I’m not going to find peace there’

This week, UN human rights officials said it was likely that crimes committed against the Rohingya in Myanmar had violated international law. Earlier, the UN described the military offensive against them as a ‘textbook example of ethnic cleansing’. Myanmar’s government says it has not targeted civilians, just people it believes are militants

Rabeya Akter, 33, has just been to the doctors to get medicine for her daughter’s cough. She fled Myanmar with her husband, five children and mother-in-law. Her husband now teaches in a camp madrasa. She looks after the family, although she would like to work. ‘[Then] I can earn some money to help our family,’ she says. Her 15-year-old son is too old for school, but hasn’t got a job. Akter says the family is ‘looking for a man’ to marry her eldest daughter, who is 18. She wants to go back to Myanmar so her children get a proper education and good jobs. ‘It’s my dream’

There are now 20 camps near Cox’s Bazar that are home to Rohingya refugees. They expand daily as more people cross the border from Myanmar. Most have built their own shelters from tarpaulin, and bamboo stripped from the nearby forests. NGOs are warning of a catastrophe when the cyclone season starts later this month. Many shelters are precariously built on slopes and there are fears that lives will be lost in landslides

Amir Khan, 63, has been in Bangladesh since August. He has set up a tailoring business in the Hakinpara camp, making and repairing clothes, with his daughter Umme Habib (pictured), who is 20. Habib was married at 15, and has a young daughter. Her husband died of an illness on the way to Bangladesh. He was buried without any rituals, she says. Khan says he makes about 400 takas a day through tailoring, which, with rations, means ‘we are surviving’. Khan was a tailor at home, but had to buy new sewing machines when he arrived in Cox’s Bazar. ‘We just left with what we were wearing’

Sultan Ahmed, 60, sells beans, onions, garlic and other vegetables from his stall in the camp. He buys the produce from shops near the camp’s perimeter to sell inside, earning between 200 and 400 takas a day. Ahmed fled Myanmar in October with his wife and three children. ‘I want to stay here,’ he says. ‘I have too much fear of Myanmar’s people, so I don’t want to go home.’ He fears he will be killed ‘like the others’ if he returns

Aid agencies are currently assessing how they can reduce the risk of landslides and tragedy before the rains and cyclones hit the camps. They have made a start by relocating and reinforcing their health facilities and feeding centres. They are also encouraging people to move their homes and are trying to recruit more volunteers. ‘It’s a race against time,’ says Nipin Gangadharan, country director of Action Against Hunger in Bangladesh