Northern Rakhine State in Myanmar is inhabited by a majority Arakanese Muslim population and a minority Rakhine Buddhist population, in a state that is largely Buddhist and authoritarian. The recent history of exclusionary citizenship policies and consequent military operations against Arakanese Muslims, often called Rohingyas, have led them to flee Myanmar and take shelter in Bangladesh. In this study, I examine and review the stereotypes of each of these groups, implicated in the exclusionary nationalist policies of the Myanmar state, and the general hostility expressed towards the refugees by the host community in Bangladesh, with a view to understanding the multi-layered spaces of violence in which they live. The aim of this study is to elucidate protection mechanisms against such violence from the perspectives of refugees themselves. This is done through practices and observations noted by the author while engendering participatory processes among Rohingya refugees as part of a project being implemented by the organisation, Research Initiatives Bangladesh (RIB).

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了解暴力，制定保护策略

缅甸若开邦北部居住着大多数阿拉干穆斯林人口和少数若开邦佛教徒，这个国家主要是佛教徒和独裁者。最近的排他性公民政策和随之而来的针对若开穆斯林（通常称为罗兴亚人）的军事行动导致他们逃离缅甸并在孟加拉国避难。在这项研究中，我检查并回顾了这些群体的刻板印象，这些群体与缅甸国家的排他性民族主义政策有关，以及孟加拉国收容社区对难民的普遍敌意，以期了解多方面的问题。他们居住的分层暴力空间。本研究的目的是从难民自身的角度阐明针对此类暴力的保护机制。