Refugee camps mapping controversy
Google Earth and the UNHCR teamed up to map refugee camps from around the world on Google Earth. But curiously, they missed out Palestinian refugee camps.
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5:18 pm, April 11, 2008
1. Tom
Could it be because Palestinian refugee camps are managed by UNRWA, while UNHCR deals with the rest of the world’s refugees?
http://www.un.org/unrwa/english.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_High_Commissioner_for_Refugees
Not really that curious.
2. Refresh
However, it wouldn’t do any harm to sign the petition http://www.petitiononline.com/unpalmap/
calling on Google and UNHCR to do what is necessary to include them. Perhaps a call to UNWRA would be enough to clear any issues over remits.
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