More than five-thousand Rohingya refugees are stranded in an area which is being referred to as "no man's land" near the Myanmar-Bangladesh border. Tens of thousands were forced to flee their homes in eastern Myanmar over the past nine months due to violence and oppression. CGTN's Ravinder Bawa spoke to some of them about their living conditions and the choices they face.

More than 1,200 families live under the shadow of death on a thin strip of land between Bangladesh and Myanmar. They have been living on the embankment of Tombru canal which divides the two countries.

Mohammed Rafique tells us that they live in fear daily as the security forces have been asking them to vacate the land.

MOHAMMED RAFIQUE ROHINGYA REFUGEE, "NO MAN'S LAND" "We are always afraid here. They try to chase us away, shouting on loudspeakers all day, saying 'you are Bengali, go back to Bangladesh'. We're scared and now water is rising in the canal, making us more afraid."

There are many other hurdles in their survival here. Aid agencies provide food and some shelter but for other needs, they have to just depend on god. About ten people have died since they moved here. Of these two were children who died of diarrhea and pneumonia. They could not save a pregnant woman and her baby because there is no medical facility available here. Leading a life of hardship many are now giving up.

NOOR AYEHSA ROHINGYA REFUGEE, "NO MAN'S LAND" "We won't be able to stay here anymore. We are trying to move to another place. We came here to save our children. I'm afraid my children will die here. The river water rises up to here when it rains. Our houses will be flooded."

Monsoon has forced them to rethink their decision to stay here. Many who stayed back here did so with the hope of being the first ones to be repatriated. Though talks are on to send back the ones stuck in a no man's land around the border but nothing concrete has yet come out.

RAVINDER BAWA BANGLADESH-MYANMAR BORDER "Rohingyas have no country and those living on no man's land are in the worst circumstances as they are cut off from other. The only reason they survive here is because this is where they feel closet to home. Ravinder Bawa, Bangladesh-Myanmar border."