Burma Human Rights Network’s report: “We also have dreams” BHRN received regular reports from the Bangladesh camps throughout 2020 and 2021 that showed periodical upticks in violence between gangs and militant groups, along with periods of relative calm. As mentioned above, refugees have come to understand these cycles of organized violence, yet many maintain hope that periods of calm may last long term. Unfortunately, militant and criminal elements remain active in the camps and as a result, new conflicts are likely to continue to emerge until the root causes are addressed. Interestingly, a number of refugees BHRN spoke with implied that one or more of the ‘gangs’ offered protection to villages from the criminal gangs. www.bhrn.org.uk 24