Almost nine years after the mass influx of 2017, the Rohingya crisis in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, has transitioned from an acute emergency into a deeply entrenched protracted situation. Bangladesh now hosts over one million stateless refugees. 

This study aims to generate evidence on how displacement has affected rights, protection, and resilience, while identifying critical policy and programming gaps. Specifically, it assesses the multidimensional impacts on both Rohingya and host communities, examines factors shaping social cohesion, explores the feasibility of repatriation, and provides evidence-based recommendations to strengthen protection, resilience, and empowerment for all affected groups. 

This report finds that the crisis is now defined by a fundamental policy paradox: a framework fixated on short-term containment and repatriation is actively undermining long-term stability and exacerbating the very vulnerabilities it aims to manage.

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