[Watch] French internet celebrities raise funds for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh

A group of French internet celebrities have teamed up to raise funds for the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh with the power of social media.

So far, they were able to raise US $579,335 of their $1 million target, reports AJ+, an online news and current events channel run by Al Jazeera Media Network, in a recent video.

The group calls themselves the 'Love Army', is running a 48-hour funding drive for the refugees who fled from the persecutions conducted by the security forces in Myanmar.

In the AJ+ video, Jérôme Jarre, one of the French internet celebrities, reaches out to Turkish president in this regard.

In addition, they have also created a page called 'GoFundMe page' to collect fund for the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.