An Agenda for a Dignified and Sustainable Rohingya Refugee Response in Bangladesh
providing adequate reasons or notice etc. The frequent turnover of CiCs also serves as a barrier to
smooth delivery of humanitarian services in the camps.
As of July 2020, the Armed Police Battalion (APBn), a special Unit of the Bangladesh police, has taken
over the responsibility of maintaining safety and security of all the camps.206 The Bangladeshi army
plays a critical role in overseeing food and NFI distributions and maintaining safety and security in the
camps. A Camp Commander coordinates military activities in the camp.
Closer civil-military coordination and clearer demarcation of roles and responsibilities between
humanitarian and security actors will help preserve the civil and humanitarian character through a
holistic security risk management system that aims to protect refugees from violence and insecurity
and enable smooth humanitarian access.207
4.1.3.2 United Nations/ Site Management and Site Development Sector (SMSD)
Since the influx in 2017, a new system was devised by IOM and OCHA that divided the responsibility
of camp management between IOM and UNHCR also known as Areas of Operation (AOR).208 The Site
Management and Site Development (SMSD) sector co-led by RRRC office together with IOM and the
Danish Refugee Council (DRC) supports the CiCs in managing camp operations.209
While inter-agency camp coordination has improved with ISCG engagement through goodwill and
pragmatic arrangements,210 there is a need to develop more streamlined, efficient and accountable
structures and processes at the camp-level to build a fit-for-purpose coordination structure.211
206
UNHCR, supra n.16.
207 See, UNHCR, Guidance Note on Maintaining the Civilian and Humanitarian Character of Asylum, December 2018, available
at https://www.refworld.org/pdfid/452b9bca2.pdf
208 Sida et.al, supra n. 57.
209 Ibid
210 Ibid, p. 86
211 JRP 2020, supra n. 64, p. 38
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