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posted on 2022-10-13, 15:19 authored by Ahmad Al-rashidAhmad Al-rashid
<p>Video from March 2020</p> <p><br></p> <p><em>”People were rushing to stock pile things. When I went shopping I was very worried because I didn’t know what was happening, and why everyone was panic buying. I saw long queues with full trolleys. I wondered to myself what would happen to my friends who only live on £35 a week and they can’t even manage to get the basics, let alone stockpile. Some of my asylum-seeking friends were very worried whenever they came to buy one or two items and saw others buying hundreds of items at a time”</em></p> <p><br></p> <p>-----</p> <p>This material is part of the <a href="https://cov19chronicles.com/" target="_blank">Covid Chronicles from the Margins</a> 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.</p> <p><br></p> <p>This item can be found on our website, here: <a href="https://cov19chronicles.com/gallery/art-work/empty-shelves-england/" target="_blank">https://cov19chronicles.com/gallery/art-work/empty-shelves-england/</a></p>

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