As a large numbers of Rohingya refugees face serious economic challenges, and struggle to survive, feed and take care of themselves and their families, lockdown is also impacting camp residents’ ability to have meaningful communication with friends, family and relatives across the camps and beyond Cox’s Bazar. (3) The impact of lockdown on relationships and communication The movement restrictions imposed by lockdown have impeded regular communication between camp residents. As time passes, this lack of connection presents an increasingly serious challenge for maintaining family relationships. The frustrations lockdown causes in this respect are compounded by previous internet restrictions that were already in place in Cox’s Bazar: camp residents had already found it difficult to contact their relatives in other countries, and now they struggle to connect across different (parts of the) camps as well. As reported in the earlier ‘Flash Report’, many Rohingya refugees living in camps in Cox’s Bazar feel that their life was already in lockdown, even prior to the onset of Covid-19. A 28-year-old female NGO volunteer explains how the movement restrictions are reminiscent of those faced by Rohingya in Myanmar: didn't have freedom of movement or the right to education, health care, etc. Here in the camps, we are feeling the same things. During Covid-19 life is more restricted for us. Our When we were in Myanmar, we Rohingya relationships are totally breaking down and our communication with relatives and friends has been cut off. A 40-year-old man in Camp 1E echoed this concern, and coming back to the issue of livelihoods, also described the economic impact of the virus on his family’s access to a remittance: Before Covid-19, people could move freely within most camp areas, but during these times we are told that people should not go far due to the lockdown. I still visit the Modushara area of the camps, Camps 4 and 5, to see my relatives there. But currently I cannot go to Camps 15 and 18, where my other relatives are. It is restricted. My younger brother is in Malaysia. He sent us money last year. This year he cannot as he has no job there and we are hearing that the Malaysian government is not as sympathetic to Rohingya as before. 12