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.
- Programme: Burma with Simon Reeve
- Episode: 1
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2018
- Geography | Locational Geography | Burma | Physical and Human Characteristics
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