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Brussels Silent on Vaccinating Undocumented Migrants
EXPERT COMMENT
Often working in frontline jobs, and therefore among those most exposed to and likely to transmit COVID-19, undocumented migrants are also the least protected.
During the last few weeks, the European Union (EU) has been widely criticized for its 'failed' vaccination strategy. But with all the focus on the general slowness of the EU in vaccinating the populations of its member states, another aspect of the EU's public health crisis has been ignored.
Undocumented persons are being left out of COVID-19 national vaccination programmes and Brussels remains alarmingly silent about it. This should come as no surprise as migration is a toxic issue and governments in EU countries are now under immense pressure to vaccinate their own citizens as soon as possible.
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Original article link: https://www.chathamhouse.org/2021/03/brussels-silent-vaccinating-undocumented-migrants
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