Abstract
This study aims to understand the level of residential satisfaction of the host communities' aftermath of the influx of Rohingya in Bangladesh. A total of 151 household heads were randomly interviewed from Ukhiya and Ramu Upazila of Cox's Bazar district, Bangladesh. A residential satisfaction index is developed with a total of twenty-two variables comprised of four components- social environment (SE), neighbourhood environment (NE), public services and facilities (PS&F), and dwelling units (DU). The coefficients of the components indicate that the PS&F, SE, and NE impact much on the overall residential satisfaction compare to the DU. The analysis demonstrates that the people who have tertiary level education, who is Muslim and whose work opportunities remain the same as before, are more satisfied, but older people are less satisfied than younger. Besides, the degradation of social harmony, livestock and agricultural land losses, and decreased wages were the significant causes of dissatisfaction. These findings may contribute to taking appropriate policies and programs for the host communities taken by the government and non-government organizations.
Highlights
Rohingya influx in Bangladesh is a challenging question in recent times
Findings show that the mean satisfaction score of the neighbouring and non- neighbouring communities is 43.60 and 73.77, respectively, which demonstrates that the influx of Rohingya has influenced the neighbourhood’s overall residential satisfaction level
The analysis shows that people with higher levels of education were more satisfied, where Hur and Morrow-Jones [20], in their study, stated that there is no role of education on satisfaction
Summary
Rohingya influx in Bangladesh is a challenging question in recent times. These vulnerable and disenfranchised communities of Myanmar put grossly enormous stress on the local livelihood, ecosystem, and essential services in the host communities, mainly in Teknaf and Ukhiya Upazilas of Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh [1]. Humanitarian Exchange reported that the Rohingya people adversely affect the host communities by booking the agricultural fields, “which were the main income sources of the poor people,” pushing up the food price, creating threats for the local day labourers (by lowering the wages) and so on [2]. There was ample evidence that Rohingya refugees go outside their camps and work as labour that reduces the local work.
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