The Rohingya crisis

There are about 931,000 registered Rohingya refugees living in the camps of Ukhia and Teknaf upazilas in Cox’s Bazar. Nearly 30,000 registered Rohingya refugees have been relocated and are living in houses in Bhasan Char, an island off the Bangladeshi coast. 

This report provides an overview of how the reported needs and priorities of both Rohingya and host communities have evolved since 2018, when the first major assessments were carried out. The comparisons here were mainly based on two annual representative assessments, the Joint Multi-Sector Needs Assessment and the Refugee Influx Emergency Vulnerability Assessment.

This report explores the reasons behind the increasing practice of polygamy and the protection implications of polygamous marriages in the Rohingya camps. It also analyses reports of increasing intercommunity polygamy between the Rohingya and the adjacent host community, potentially raising additional protection concerns different from existing intracommunity protection concerns.

This report provides a specific understanding of gendered needs and explore how these needs intersect with other dimensions, such as age, disability, social status, education, income, legal status, and religion. But despite the developments, several gaps in understanding shifts in gender norms and practices in the Rohingya community and their impact on specific populations still exist.

This report attempts a comprehensive analysis and understanding of the current information and analysis ecosystem in the Rohingya response. It outlines ways forward, recommendations in building upon lessons learnt, and good practices during the pandemic. It also highlights critical information needs and gaps in the response and explores the impacts of the pandemic on data collection.