'Now I have a place to stay for the months of April and May. After that? I do not know'. Opinion | mergimozdamar
I bought a one-way ticket to London in January. I was returning to my second home where I went to university, two years after working in Turkey as an editor. No matter how much I am deeply connected to Turkey and my culture, to me, London has always been the saviour of my goals in life. That is to say, I would have never imagined it would one day trap me indoors and cut me from the outside world as such.
The next week I was working from home. As increasing number of scientific studies had started to prove that the UK’s herd immunity strategy would cause thousands of citizens to die or be hospitalised, it didn’t take the government long to follow other countries and take similar measures announcing a lockdown on the whole country: “Stay Home, Protect the NHS, Save Lives.”
A few weeks into the lockdown amid rising cases and deaths, the UK economy also found itself in an immense decline and damage. The Guardian reported six in 10 UK firms have no more than three months of cash left and was later followed by news that the department store Debenhams was preparing to file for bankruptcy. Half of UK companies seek to furlough staff over coronavirus, reported Financial Times. My company was no exception.
I am only one of the thousands of Turkish or other international citizens stranded in the UK during this time. No matter how hard these times are or may be, I am thankful for the power of technology. When I took to social media to briefly mention what I am going through, I was amazed by the amount of reactions I got to my post. While some people I know buried their head in the sand, numerous people that I had not even met before on Twitter, ran to offer me help.
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