Those in the Cox's Bazar region of neighbouring Bangladesh are witnessing boatloads of exhausted Rohingya pouring into the country from Myanmar by water.
But not everyone is arriving safely.
Several people, including three children, reportedly drowned when three boats crossing the Naf River capsized.
An unnamed woman who arrived safely in Bangladesh by water has told reporters of the scenes she and her family fled.
"They burned our houses. We couldn't take our belongings. We were hiding near a hill for two days. We were there in the rain without food and with my children. When we heard the sound of shooting, we took a boat across the sea to come here to Bangladesh."
United Nations secretary-general Antonio Guterres has written to the UN Security Council, calling for strong action from authorities in Myanmar and ally nations.
"I have written officially to the president of the Security Council to express my concern and to propose various steps to end the violence and address the underlying causes of the crisis. The international community must -- and the authorities in Myanmar must -- take determined action to put an end to this vicious cycle of violence and to provide security and assistance to all those in need."
But help for the Rohingya may be on the way.
Turkey's president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has pledged 10,000 tonnes of aid to help the Rohingya.
And Indian foreign secretary Subrahmanyam Jaishankar says India is helping prepare an area for safer migration.
"We have discussed committing Indian assistance to the Rakhine state development program. We really believe that the medium-term way of addressing problems in the Rakhine area is really to look at the developmental aspects there. We, during this period, have negotiated a land-border crossing agreement that will be formalised in the coming days. And this would essentially create the regime for people to travel from one country to the other by road."
Meanwhile, Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has spoken on the crisis for the first time since attacks by Rohingya rebels triggered the latest violence.
Western critics have accused Ms Suu Kyi of not speaking out for the Rohingya, who have long complained of persecution.
She thanked Myanmar's allies for their support and told reporters the security forces in Rakhine are fighting terrorists.
"We would like to thank India, particularly, for the strong stand that it has taken with regard to the terrorist threat that came to our country a couple of weeks ago. And we believe that, together, we can work to make sure that terrorism is not allowed to take root on our soil or on the soil of our neighbouring countries."
Aung San Suu Kyi says photos posted on Twitter by Turkey's deputy prime minister purporting to show dead Rohingya in Myanmar were, in fact, taken elsewhere.
In a Facebook post, she says it is "simply the tip of a huge iceberg* of misinformation."
Myanmar officials say they are negotiating with China and Russia to ensure they block any United Nations Security Council censure over the issue.
