Cox's Bazar Host Community Multi-Sector Needs Assessment - 2019

Since August 2017, an estimated 728,306 Rohingya refugees have arrived in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar District from Myanmar, bringing the total number of Rohingya refugees residing in Bangladesh to approximately 895,631. The rapid and massive increase of the refugee population, concentrated in the south of the district in Ukhia and Teknaf, has had an enormous impact on Bangladeshi host communities’ food security, economic vulnerability, market access, labour opportunities and environment. At the same time, the crisis has generated some positive impacts in terms of new labour and livelihood opportunities provided by the presence of a rapidly expanding humanitarian sector, and increased demand for goods and services by Rohingya themselves. The majority of available data on the host community populations of Ukhia and Teknaf pre-dates the current influx of refugees. While a number of post-influx assessments have included host community populations, the information they provide has significant limitations in terms of being able to serve as the basis for strategic prioritisation and decision-making. The assessment aims to identify the severity and geographical spread of acute needs within the host community population. Its primary audience is ISCG, sectors, sector partners, and humanitarian donors. In this respect, the long-term development needs of the population that are more likely to be met by government or development agency intervention are not the core focus of this assessment. Similarly, this assessment is not designed to assess the impact of the August 2016 refugee influx on the host community (though may serve as a point of triangulation for actors wishing to do so).

自2017年8月起，已有约728306名罗兴亚难民（Rohingya refugees）从缅甸涌入孟加拉国考克斯巴扎尔县（Cox’s Bazar District），使得孟加拉国境内定居的罗兴亚难民总规模达到约895631人。此次难民人口的快速大规模增长集中分布于该县南部的乌基亚（Ukhia）与特克纳夫（Teknaf）区域，对当地收容社区的粮食安全、经济脆弱性、市场准入、就业机会及生态环境均造成了极大冲击。与此同时，本次危机也催生了部分积极影响：快速扩张的人道主义部门（humanitarian sector）创造了新的就业与生计机会，罗兴亚难民群体自身对商品与服务的需求也有所提升。
目前针对乌基亚与特克纳夫地区收容社区人口的公开数据，大多早于此次难民涌入事件。尽管已有多项灾后评估纳入了收容社区人口相关数据，但这些信息在作为战略优先级制定与决策依据时存在显著局限。本次评估旨在明确收容社区人口中迫切需求的严重程度与地理分布范围，其核心服务对象为ISCG、各人道主义领域、领域合作伙伴以及人道主义捐助方。
就此而言，那些更有可能通过政府或发展机构干预得到满足的人口长期发展需求，并非本次评估的核心关注点。同理，本次评估并非用于评估2016年8月难民涌入事件对收容社区造成的影响（尽管其可作为有意开展此类研究的相关方进行三角验证的参考依据）。