Needs and Access to Services
Since returning to Bangladesh, 94% of respondents
reported not having enough income to support
themselves and 60% said they did not have enough food
to eat every day. Yet, 86% said they had not received
any support services since returning. Of the 13
respondents who did receive support, six received food
assistance, five respondents received cash assistance,
and three received medical care (multiple responses
could be given).
Most respondents (92%) answered ‘no’ when asked if
they had been sick since returning to Bangladesh.
Participants were then asked how confident they were in
accessing medical care if they became sick. Answers
were given on a three-level scale of low / moderate /
very. Of those who responded (133), over half of
participants (56%) said they were moderately confident;
22% were very confident and only 8% said they had low
confidence in accessing medical care. Of the 13
respondents who had been sick since returning, 10 were
able to access medical care.
Figure 3: Confidence in accessing medical care if respondents
became sick (n=141, 8 non-response not shown)
When asked if respondents think returned migrants are
being treated differently than others, nearly half (49%)
said returnees are being treated worse or much worse.
Twice as many respondents who said returnees are
being treated worse or much worse were in Jessore
district (51) compared with those in Cox’s Bazar (23).
Respondents reported that community members are
primarily treating returnees worse or much worse (69
respondents), followed by community leaders (29
respondents) and friends or family (20).
Sixty-six percent of those answering worse or much
worse said returnees are being treated that way by more
than one group (i.e. community members and
community leaders).
Figure 5: Who is treating returnees worse or much
worse? (n=75, multi-response)
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20
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Community members
Community leaders
Family or friends
Government
I don’t want to answer
I don't know
80