The persecution of the Rohingyas inwards Myanmar is forcing tens of thousands to get got to rickety angling boats inwards gild to escape the country. Neighboring countries, such equally People's Republic of Bangladesh in addition to Malaysia, get got already taken inwards thousands of migrants fleeing from Buddhist persecution inwards Myanmar. Malaysia, Thailand, in addition to Republic of Indonesia are directly refusing to permit the migrant boats to dry reason on their shores.
Foreign Policy has used the CartoDB mapping platform to assistance explicate the Southeast Asian Migrant Crisis.The article includes 2 interactive maps. The outset map shows the menses of Myanmar migrants to neighboring countries using arrowed polylines. The map equally good uses CartoDB's annotated markers to add together information nearly the province of affairs faced yesteryear the Rohingyas inwards Myanmar in addition to on their migrant journeys.
CartoDB's Annotations are text overlays which are linked to coordinates on the map (they tin equally good live on linked to a zoom attain in addition to thus that they alone seem at for sure zoom levels). Foreign Policy has added links to the map annotations, which Pb to related intelligence coverage of the refugee crisis inwards the area.
Foreign Policy's 2nd map shows the estimated numbers of Myanmar refugees taken inwards yesteryear neigboring countries. The information for the 2nd map shows the UN 2013 estimated release of Myanmar migrants living inwards each country.
