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The paper is set to examine the impacts of the Rohingya crisis on the human security of the host community of Bangladesh. The study specifically focuses on the economic and community security of the host community in Ukhiya Upazila of Cox’s Bazar. It also evaluates the conditions that can turn these insecurities protracted in the future. The conceptual framework of the study is built using the theories of Social Identity, Relative Deprivation, and Protracted Social Conflict to highlight different aspects of economic and community insecurities. The study is based on both qualitative and quantitative data. A survey has been conducted among 200 local inhabitants of Ukhiya Upazila to consider their perceptions and interviews were taken from various sectors to gather more in-depth information about the socio-economic insecurities and the overall crisis. The data analysis of the study shows that economic insecurities among the host community rise from the fall in daily wages, local market failures, increase in the price of daily commodities, and unemployment rate. On the other hand, community insecurities have emerged through competing identities, deprivation of basic needs, a sense of being minorities among the local population, increasing crime rates, and security threats. The findings of the study suggest that economic underdevelopment and injustice resulting from these key aspects can turn the insecurities of the host community protracted in nature. The paper will lay the path for further research on the human security of the host community in Bangladesh and help policymakers take necessary initiatives in this regard.