Protests have erupted in Bangladesh calling for the Rohingya refugee population to be sent back to Myanmar, just days after a repatriation process agreed to by the two countries stalled.
This latest crisis marks the third time in 50 years that Bangladesh has accepted large numbers of Rohingya refugees fleeing from ethnic violence in Myanmar.
But this time, with the newcomers far outnumbering locals, discord is starting to take root.
There are fewer than half a million Bangladeshis living in the border district where the refugees have set up safe haven.
There are now more than 800,000 Rohingya refugees living in the camps, with more than 600,000 of those new arrivals since the vicious violence perpetrated by the Myanmar security forces from August last year.
The instant population boom has caused prices to soar in local markets, and due to the sudden availability of cheap labour, wages for local unskilled labourers have plummeted.
Whole swathes of landscape have been denuded and transformed into cities built from plastic sheeting and bamboo.
These sudden changes have prompted rallies in towns near the refugee camps.
The protesters expressed their sympathy for the plight of the Rohingya refugees, but they also demanded the Bangladesh Government arrange for them to be safely sent back to Myanmar.
A deal struck by Bangladesh and Myanmar to begin repatriations was due to take effect from January 23, but each nation blames the other for slowing down the process.
Bangladesh's Refugee Repatriation Commissioner, Abul Kalam, said there were several reasons for the delay.
"After they go back to their villages or transit camps, what livelihood support will these people get?" he said.
"The voluntariness of the repatriations also has to be ascertained."
Deal demands Myanmar prevents future exodus of Rohingya
The issue of who will pay for repatriation also appeared to be unresolved.
Logistics had not been arranged, and the Bangladesh Government was hoping international agencies like the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) would help pay for the process.
"We haven't reached the stage of organising transport because we are busy with the construction of transit camps," Mr Kalam said.
"Once these transit camps are ready we'll consider the logistical things like transportation."
But inked into the deal with Myanmar was also a demand it prevent any future exodus of Rohingya into Bangladesh.
"We requested Myanmar to take the necessary steps to stop the inflow into Bangladesh of the Rakhine population, yet it's still happening," Mr Kalam said.
"So we expect them to do something that will really stop this inflow."
Locals feeling overlooked due to refugee influx
While Bangladeshis initially welcomed the Rohingya as their Muslim brothers and sisters — just as they did during violent crackdowns in Myanmar in the 1970s and 1990s — the sheer size of this influx is stoking tensions.
But it is also inspiring compassion among some villagers.
Anwoara Begrum has eight children of her own, but she wanted to do something to help the hundreds of Rohingya children who started arriving with their families last year.
"They were looking helpless and had no place to stay, so that's why we decided to donate our land to them," she said.
Save the Children has used the land donated by Mrs Begrum to build what it describes as a child-friendly space, where children can come to play and learn under the supervision of trained staff.
There are hundreds of safe spaces dedicated to the needs of children, girls, women or sexual assault survivors throughout the refugee camps.
Save the Children also runs some of the feeding centres that assess and treat children and babies for malnutrition.
Most of the aid agencies that have set up facilities around the refugee camps said their services were available to local Bangladeshis as well as Rohingya people.
But the highly visible delivery of aid to the refugees was becoming another point of tension between the newcomers and the established community.
Even Mrs Begrum said the locals felt overlooked.
"We are more or less as helpless as [the refugees] because we are not getting any distributions," she said.
"They are getting all the distributions and we have no chance to improve our financial condition."
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