2022 Statelessness & Citizenship Review 4(1) community and Government of Bangladesh gave generous aid to the Rohingya people, straining already limited resources. 47 The Government of Bangladesh worked with partners to address the immediate needs of the Rohingya population, such as food, shelter and basic health services.48 However, the birth registration of Rohingya children is not allowed. 49 In order to promote social cohesion, the Government of Bangladesh and the donor community recognise that efforts must support both the refugee community and the needs of those most impoverished in the host community in Cox’s Bazar.50 Most recently, to ease pressure in Cox’s Bazar, the Government has agreed a Memorandum of Understanding with the UN to relocate Rohingya refugees to the island of Bhasan Char.51 The Government’s position is that the Rohingya people are displaced and Bangladesh has offered temporary shelter to them. 52 They are officially referred to as ‘Forcibly Displaced Myanmar Nationals’53 and the Government’s priority is to repatriate the Rohingya to Myanmar.54 For young children in the camps, organisations have a wide variety of programs that focus on promoting ECD.55 There is a thriving community of actors working in ECD and there has been a positive response on the part of the Rohingya community towards interventions focused on meeting the needs of young children. The Rohingya crisis does not have a quick fix and it may take years to resolve, leaving a generation of young children vulnerable to poor outcomes unless their rights are upheld and services provided to ensure they can thrive. COUNTERING POLICY THREATS TO SHAPE THE FUTURE NARRATIVE ON STATELESS YOUNG CHILDREN These situations of stateless young children in Greece and Bangladesh illustrate the complex policy environments their families must navigate in order to keep children safe, find opportunities to support their development and nurture a sense of their own identity. The effectiveness of responsive services for young children offered by a range of stakeholders in this complex environment is threatened when child rights are not upheld. It is important that young children who are considered 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 ‘Three Years Later, Rohingya Refugee Resiliency Anchors Humanitarian Response and Accountability’, International Organization for Migration (online, 24 August 2020) <https://bangladesh.iom.int/news/three-years-later-rohingya-refugee-resiliency-anchorshumanitarian-response-and-accountability>. International Organization for Migration, IOM Bangladesh Appeal: Rohingya Humanitarian Crisis (Report, 31 March 2022) 5 <https://bangladesh.iom.int/resources/iom-bangladeshappeal-2022-0>. Karim (n 44) 4. See, eg, Inter Sector Coordination Group, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh: Joint Multi-Sector Needs Assessment (Report, May 2021); World Food Programme, Cox’s Bazar Bangladesh: Host Community Brief (Situation Report, March 2021). Mahmud Hossain ‘UN Signs Deal with Bangladesh to Help Rohingyas in Bhasan Char’, Dhaka Tribune (online, 9 October 2021) <https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/rohingyacrisis/2021/10/09/crucial-mou-on-un-s-operational-engagement-in-bhashan-char-signed>. ibid. ‘Dhaka Seeks UN’s Effective Role in Resolving Rohingya Crisis’, Dhaka Tribune (online, 26 January 2022) <https://www.dhakatribune.com/foreign-affairs/2022/01/26/dhaka-seeksuns-effective-role-in-resolving-rohingya-crisis>. ibid. See, eg, Yeshim Iqbal et al, ‘Family Socialization and Experiences of Early Childhood Programs in the Rohingya Camps: Study Protocol’ (2022) 21 International Journal of Qualitative Methods 1. 160