ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Hum. Dyn.
Sec. Dynamics of Migration and (Im)Mobility
Volume 7 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fhumd.2025.1547030
This article is part of the Research TopicRefugees and Humanitarian Support in the Global South: Challenges in Repatriation and Social CohesionView all 5 articles
COVID-19 Induced Challenges in Refugee Management: Lessons Learned from Rohingya Camps in Bangladesh
Provisionally accepted
- North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Bangladesh's Rohingya crisis is more complex than ever due to several factors. Failure to repatriate a single Rohingya to their homeland, declining sympathy among the host communities, funding reductions from the international communities, and the 2021 military coup in Myanmar are the key factors behind such complexity. In addition to all these difficulties, COVID-19 has been a new barrier to this ever-going crisis, which has created further vulnerabilities among the mass population of Rohingya living in Bangladesh. Reduced job opportunities, failure to address increasing internal conflicts, and restricted mobility of the various aid workers during COVID-19 have made the situation worse for the Rohingya. Based on qualitative research among the Rohingya and aid workers in the Rohingya camps, the chapter argues that COVID-19 put the life and future of the Rohingya at further vulnerability. Such vulnerability might create tension between the host and Rohingya communities and, finally, might put the repatriation in an uncertain fate.
Keywords: COVID-19, Rohingya, Refugee management, Vulnerability, Bangladesh
Received: 17 Dec 2024; Accepted: 05 Jun 2025.
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* Correspondence: Bulbul Siddiqi, North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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