Are you scared?

A different perspective on wearing face masks and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in public places or at work.

Refugees are forced to leave their homeland due to threats to their lives. Therefore, they are always anxious. This refugee, who is also a key worker, feels good about wearing a mask. It’s not just a protection from the virus but from other possible threats – even threatening looks or aggression because of the colour of your skin. When the world is in lockdown, it’s the safest moment to go out for refugees and asylum seekers.

This material is part of the Covid Chronicles from the Margins project, funded by The Open University and the International Institute of Social Studies in the Hague. The project aims to highlight the impact of the pandemic on refugees, asylum seekers and undocumented migrants. 

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对在公共场所或工作场所佩戴口罩及个人防护装备（PPE）的另类视角。流离失所者被迫离开故土，因生命受到威胁。因此，他们始终处于焦虑之中。这位既是关键工作者又身处难民之列的个体，对佩戴口罩感到欣慰。这不仅是一种对病毒的防护，更是对其他潜在威胁的抵御——甚至包括因肤色而产生的威胁性目光或攻击行为。当世界陷入封锁之时，对难民和寻求庇护者而言，外出无疑是安全的时刻。

本材料系由荷兰海牙的开放大学和国际社会研究学院资助的《疫情边缘的编年史》项目的一部分。该项目旨在凸显疫情对难民、寻求庇护者和非法移民的影响。

此项目内容亦可在我们的网站上找到。