findings iI: enforcing restrictions on movement Many respondents reported having to climb over or crawl through holes in the fences to access crucial services, but also reported being beaten or extorted by police or local community members if they are found circumventing the fences. Additionally, when transporting necessities from the market back into the camp, respondents reported that it is difficult to bring them through the small holes in the fences that they use. Respondents reported that the camps initially had no fences, but that construction of the fencing started in 2019 and was finished by 2021. Respondents related that the initial reason given for the fences was to decrease the movement of criminals, but respondents believe that the true motivation was to keep Rohingya confined to the camps. Rohingya respondents see the fences as creating a prison-like atmosphere in the camps. The fences are fundamental to treating Rohingya as prisoners, as opposed to asylum seekers fleeing genocide and in need of safety. “I think the purpose behind these restrictions is to keep us confined so that we can’t live here with ease,” said Nasima, a 24-year-old Rohingya woman. “We are very upset about why we have been surrounded with the fences and why we are being kept like in confinement. We don’t understand what fault we committed that we have been surrounded with the fences. Even prisoners are not kept the way we have been kept here. I think even the prisoners have more freedom than us. I think we are receiving the ration the way the prisoners get their regular meals.” 65, 66 65 66 Interview C18F See also: Fortify Rights. Bangladesh: Remove Fencing That Confines Rohingya to Refugee Camps. 2020. and Human Rights Watch. Bangladesh: Refugee Camp Fencing Cost Lives in Blaze. 2021. 38