Executive Summary Five years ago, Samira’s husband was killed in the brutal violence targeting the Rohingya in Myanmar’s Rakhine State. Hoping to find safety for herself and her young son, Samira crossed the border to create a makeshift home in the Bangladesh refugee camps. Although initially welcoming, Bangladesh has steadily implemented a growing web of restrictions on Rohingya living in the camps. Severe restrictions on freedom of movement have served as the basis for undermining other rights, including the ability to work, access education, assemble in groups, and participate in religious and cultural practices. Bangladesh officials have forbidden Rohingya from leaving the camps and regularly prevent them from moving within the camps. To ensure compliance, the Government of Bangladesh (GoB) has surrounded the refugee camps with barbed wire fences and constructed checkpoints at the camp entrances and on the roads nearby. Those who do attempt to move often experience violence, harassment, extortion, and detention. Samira’s son experienced this first-hand. As he was on his way to care for her after she was released from the hospital, he was detained by police at a checkpoint: “My son began pleading with them to take everything from him but the cash, while telling them that he needed the money to care for me because I was seriously ill, and he didn’t have a father. The police frightened him by pointing their weapons at him. . . Then, after brutally beating him to the ground, they took a picture of him. He continued to beg them and sob, pleading for the money to be returned to him so he could buy medicine for me. However, they gave him nothing in return.” This report reveals that experiences such as the one shared by Samira are commonplace in the refugee camps in southeastern Bangladesh. It is due to experiences such as Samira’s that Youth Congress Rohingya (YCR), a youth advocacy organisation, initiated a study to shed light on the existing restrictions on freedom of movement imposed in the camps by the government authorities. YCR initiated this study with the overall goal of collecting data that could be used to improve camp conditions. The research focused on how these restrictions are enforced and sought to understand the impacts of these restrictions on Rohingya life, including Rohingya livelihoods, education, healthcare, and relationships. Finally, YCR sought to understand Rohingya perceptions of these restrictions, including the reasons they exist. The study was conducted by a team of 14 Rohingya researchers, who facilitated 241 surveys and 58 in-depth interviews with Rohingya respondents from 30 different camps, as well as four interviews with police officers currently working in the camps. Based on this research, this report reveals important findings related to the following: Policies: Ninety-nine percent of Rohingya survey respondents reported the existence of restrictions on freedom of movement in the camps, and 94 percent reported that these restrictions impact their daily lives. YCR documented government policies and practices that: 1) restrict Rohingya from leaving the camps unless they are granted explicit authorisation from camp authorities, 2) restrictions on movement inside the camps and when moving between camps, 3) the existence of a curfew that prevents Rohingya from moving in the evening, 4) restrictions on Rohingya ability to work both outside and inside the camps, 5) restrictions on Rohingya assembly, and 6) prohibitions on Rohingya ownership of smartphones and laptops. Armed Police Battalion (APBn) officers interviewed by YCR confirmed the existence and enforcement of the majority of these policies. 8