ABSTRACT

The 1997 Peace Accord in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) promised to bring an end to decades of violence in the region. However, 25 years later, the region is still experiencing social conflict between indigenous Pahari people and Bengalis, who have migrated and settled in large numbers since the 1970s. This paper examines the reasons for the continuation of social conflict through a survey on community attitudes and relations. The survey findings show that the legacy of migration and conflict in the CHT is still evident in starkly different views on resources, conflict, and community relations. These findings support the argument that the migration of people with different ethnic backgrounds into regions inhabited by ethnic minorities causes competition for resources that may generate conflict and violence with long-lasting consequences.

摘要

1997 年吉大港山区和平协议 (CHT) 承诺结束该地区数十年的暴力事件。然而，25 年后，该地区仍在经历土著帕哈里人和孟加拉人之间的社会冲突，他们自 1970 年代以来大量迁移和定居。本文通过对社区态度和关系的调查研究了社会冲突持续存在的原因。调查结果表明，CHT 中移民和冲突的遗留问题仍然明显体现在对资源、冲突和社区关系的截然不同的看法上。这些发现支持以下论点，即具有不同种族背景的人迁移到少数民族居住的地区会导致对资源的竞争，这可能会引发冲突和暴力，并产生长期的后果。