Encountering Hate Crime Under Lockdown: a Refugee’s Story

After receiving their leave to remain and becoming refugees this family was moved to a new house in a new area. It was at the beginning of lockdown and they didn’t know anyone there. They had never encountered problems before so they were shocked when the harassment started. It took some time to talk about it as they just hoped it would go away but instead it got worse.

The person who told us the story below thought it may be because she wore a scarf and no one else around there did. But it was also because of lockdown because they couldn’t get to know their neighbours. She explained what had happened and how she managed to change things. Her daughter drew a picture to show how cross all the rubbish thrown in the garden made her!

The text was submitted by a contributor who wishes to remain anonymous.
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This material is part of the Covid Chronicles from the Margins project, funded by The Open University and The Hague. The project aims to highlight the impact of the pandemic on refugees, asylum seekers & undocumented migrants.

This item can be found on our website, here: https://cov19chronicles.com/encountering-hate-crime-under-lockdown-a-refugees-story-2/

在获得居留许可并成为难民后，这一家人被安置到了一个全新的地区的新住所。那时正值封锁初期，他们那里并无熟人。在此之前，他们未曾遭遇过任何问题，因此当骚扰开始时，他们感到震惊不已。他们花费了一些时间来讨论此事，因为他们只是希望这种情况能够自行消失，然而情况却愈发恶化。讲述这个故事的人认为，这或许是因为她戴了一条围巾，而周围的人都没有这么做。但这也与封锁有关，因为他们无法结识邻居。她详细描述了所发生的事情以及她如何设法改变现状。她的女儿甚至绘制了一幅图画，用以展示花园里被随意丢弃的垃圾如何让她感到愤怒！本文由一位希望保持匿名的贡献者提交。该素材是《Covid Chronicles边缘故事》项目的一部分，该项目由开放大学和海牙大学资助，旨在凸显疫情对难民、寻求庇护者和无证移民的影响。该条目可在我们的网站上找到：https://cov19chronicles.com/encountering-hate-crime-under-lockdown-a-refugees-story-2/