Refugees from Kachin state's Bhamo city live in tents at a rescue camp in Ruili, on
China's border with Burma (Reuters)

Refugees from Kachin state's Bhamo city carry firewood after collecting them near a
rescue camp in Longchuan, China (Reuters)

Refugees from Burma's Bhamo city cook their meals at a rescue camp in the Chinese
southwestern border city of Ruili (Reuters)

Refugees from Kachin state's Bhamo city are seen in a tent at a rescue camp in Ruili,
southern China (Reuters)

Refugee children from Kachin state's Bhamo city play inside a tent at a rescue camp in
Longchuan, China (Reuters)

Refugees from Burma's Bhamo city build a new tent at a rescue camp in Longchuan
(Reuters)

A woman collects a sack of beans, which are distributed to refugees from Burma's
Bhamo city, at a rescue camp in Ruili, southern China (Reuters)

A refugee child from Kachin state's Bhamo city walks inside a rescue camp in
Longchuan, China

Refugees who have fled the war in Kachin state continue to be holed up camps along Burma’s northern border, where aid supplies are low. While China has denied recent reports of a flood of refugees across its border, many are known to have sought shelter close to the Chinese towns of Ruili and Longchuan.

The UN is yet to be granted permission to deliver another convoy of aid to the refugees, whom it estimates number more than 55,000, and skirmishes continue to break out in the northern state as Burmese troops take positions close to the opposition Kachin Independence Army (KIA). The feeling is that these refugees, among whom are thousands of young children, may have to stay put for the foreseeable future.