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At the foot of the hills in Thangkali in south-eastern Bangladesh, 50-year-old Aziza rests her head on the shoulder of one of her teenage sons. She is one of hundreds of people sitting in the mud by the roadside. “I had tarpaulins back at home but when the fighting started, I dropped them and ran,” says Aziza. She recounts how her husband was shot when conflict erupted in their village in Rakhine state. She then reaches into her small bag and removes a photograph. She points to the man in the middle of the picture.
They are among the thousands of Rohingya who have landed on the beaches of Teknaf in south-eastern Bangladesh since violence erupted in Myanmar on 25 August. The shoreline is studded with the curve-tailed fishing boats that have been transporting desperate refugees to safety. The boats pull up close and drop their human cargo in waist-deep water. Exhausted after their long and bumpy journey, Mohamed and his family found one last burst of energy to wade to shore, their newest member held carefully above the waves by his father.
