For Rohingya, trust begins with who is asking the questions, May 2021
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The Kutupalong–Balukhali expansion site in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh has become one of the largest refugee settlements in the world, since the arrival of more than 700,000 Rohingya in 2017. Surveys and needs assessments among the refugee population are typically designed in English, translated to Bangla, then interpreted during enumeration to Rohingya by Bangladeshi humanitarian workers or interviewers who speak Chittagonian, a local dialect. Chittagonian is often considered mutually intelligible with Rohingya, but this has been questioned by Translators Without Borders (TWB) and other humanitarian actors. One TWB study found the two languages do not use similar words for many important concepts, while the Joint-Multi Sector Needs Assessment (J-MSNA) reported difficulties among refugee communities in understanding information when not delivered in Rohingya. Moreover, written scripts for Rohingya are new
Joint Multi-Sector Needs Assessment (J-MSNA): Bangladesh Host Communities | May 2021 [EN/BN]
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The District of Cox’s Bazar, located in southern Bangladesh, has some of the poorest living conditions in the country.At the same time, over the last four decades, in successive waves, it has received Rohingya refugees fleeing from targeted violence and persecution in Rakhine State, Myanmar. Since August 2017, an estimated 745,000 Rohingya refugees have fled to Cox’s Bazar District, where approximately 860,000 refugees are now residing in 34 camps in Ukhiya and Teknaf Upazilas.2 Needs among the host communities in Ukhiya and Teknaf arise mainly from existing development challenges, but may have been compounded by the refugee influx.
Joint Multi-Sector Needs Assessment (J-MSNA): Bangladesh Rohingya Refugees - May 2021 [EN/BN]
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Over the last four decades, Rohingya refugees have been fleeing in successive waves to Bangladesh from Rakhine State, Myanmar. Periodic outbreaks of violence led to large exoduses of refugees in particular in 1978, between 1991 and 1992, and in other short waves prior to August 2017.1 Since August 2017, an estimated 745,000 Rohingya refugeeshave fled to Cox’s Bazar District, Bangladesh, where approximately 860,000 refugees are now residing in 34 camps in Ukhiya and Teknaf Upazilas.2 With limited access to regular income and livelihoods opportunities in the camps, the Rohingya refugee population is highly reliant on humanitarian assistance.3 While the crisis is now in its fourth year, a return of refugees to Myanmar in the near or medium term continues to be unlikely.4 At the same time, structural factors continue to challenge the response, including a lack of fo