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Saturday, December 12, 2020

Mapping A Rohingya Refugee Camp


Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims, fleeing religious persecution inward Myanmar, are at 1 time living inward government-run refugee camps inward Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. As to a greater extent than together with to a greater extent than desperate refugees brand it from Myanmar the Kutupalong refugee army camp grows inward size everyday. The AFP intelligence means reports that it is fix to menage 800,000 people, which would brand it the largest refugee army camp inward the world.

The AFP has interviewed a divulge of refugees who at 1 time alive inward the Kutupalong refugee camp. You tin mail away read their stories on the KFP's Kutupalong: Rohingyas Hit Dead End interactive map. The map uses a recent satellite icon of the army camp every bit the base-map for these refugee stories. The role of a satellite icon is really effective inward conveying the sheer size of the Kutpalong camp. The numbered markers on the map furnish access to the refugees interviewed past times the KFP. You tin mail away read these stories exactly past times selecting the markers on the map.

Also See

Refugee Republic - an interactive map exploring life inward the Domiz Refugee Camp inward Iraqi Kurdistan
Hockey & Baseball Refugees - an online documentary exploring 5 Greek refugee camps