Kutupalong: The Biggest Refugee Camp in the World | Burma with Simon Reeve

Duration: 4'03''

Synopsis

Travelling around Burma in 2018, Simon Reeve heads to neighbouring Bangladesh, to visit Kutupalong refugee camp, home to the persecuted Rohingya Muslims fleeing violence and oppression in Burma.

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