Many girls were taken as slaves, refugees told aid officials.

Until now, all the refugees told us was stories of running away because they were scared.

On the ship the refugees tell their stories to Ruth and to us.

The story that refugee had told still burned within him.

The refugees told harrowing stories of the places they had left.

Desperate refugees who got away were telling stories of bombing, shelling and brutality.

Chinese-speaking officers said the refugees told them that they had no future plans, except to seek asylum here.

Many refugees tell of people eaten by wild animals.

It was an account impossible to confirm, but other refugees told similar stories.

"It's our choice," one refugee from this group told French television.