LEAD RESEARCHER
DESIGN
RESEARCH TEAM
EDITOR
Jessica Olney
Rezaun Nahid Mercy
Kawsher Ahamed
Muhammad Badiuzzaman
RESEARCH
SUPERVISION
Nathan Shea
Adrian Morel
TRANSLATORS
Saiful Haque
Nurul Hoque
Saw Hsar Gay Doh
U Aung Naing
DATA TEAM
Zach Warren
Taylor Lewis
Human Development
Research Centre
PROJECT SUPPORT
A.K. M Ferdous
PHOTOGRAPHY
Yassin Abdumonab
Elzemiek Zinkstok
John Rieger
ENUMERATORS
Arshat Ullah
Asma
Josmin
Jubur Alom
Mohammad Anise
Mohammad Ayaz
Mohammad Ediris
Mohammad Junaid
Mohammad Noor
Mohammad Rafique
Mujibul Hoque
Noor Amin
Nurul Amin
Rupban Akter
Safa Moni
Showkutara
Solim Ullah
Minara
Sowyad Khan
Yahiya Khan
Zahid Uddin
Acknowledgements: The Navigating at the Margins:
Family, Mobility and Livelihoods Amongst Rohingya Refugees
in Bangladesh report was produced by the Conflict and
Fragility unit of the Asia Foundation’s Program Specialists
Group, and the Centre for Peace and Justice at BRAC
University, as part of the X-Border Local Research Network.
The research team acknowledges the ongoing support of
the Dhaka office of the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth &
Development Office and The Asia Foundation’s Dhaka office,
as well as the Bangladesh Refugee Relief and Repatriation
Commissioner office. Special thanks also go to those that
provided valuable feedback during the project, particularly
Laetitia van den Assum, Elliott Prasse-Freeman, Jonathan
Rose and Steven Ross for their peer review.
The X-Border Local Research Network is supported by UK
aid from the UK government. All views are those of the
research team and are not necessarily shared by The Asia
Foundation or the UK government.
Published by The Asia Foundation, August, 2020
Suggested citation: The Asia Foundation and Centre for
Peace and Justice, Brac University. 2020. Navigating at the
margins: Family, mobility and livelihoods amongst Rohingya
refugees in Bangladesh. San Francisco: The Asia Foundation
and Dhaka: Centre for Peace and Justice
Front page image: A Rohingya boy receives a haircut
from his father in Kutupalong Refugee Camp, Cox’s Bazar,
Bangladesh
THE X-BORDER LOCAL RESEARCH NETWORK
In Asia, the Middle East, and Africa, conflict and instability endure in contested border regions
where local tensions connect with regional and global dynamics. With the establishment of
the X-Border Local Research Network, The Asia Foundation, the Carnegie Middle East Center,
the Rift Valley Institute, and their local research partners are working together to improve our
understanding of political, economic, and social dynamics in the conflict-affected borderlands
of Asia, the Middle East, and the Horn of Africa and the flows of people, goods, and ideas that
connect them. This five-year program, initiated in 2018 as part of the Cross-Border Conflict:
Evidence, Policy and Trends (XCEPT) project, produces research to inform more effective
policymaking and programming. It builds, maintains, and expands local research networks in
some of the most remote and difficult conflict-affected regions. Finally, it supports improvements
in local research methods and capacity.