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While 74 percent of Spain's official population has received at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine, the country's undocumented migrants – estimated to be as many as 470,000 people in 2019 – are being left behind (Photo: Soofiya, for the Bureau of Investigative Journalism)

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4m undocumented migrants, red tape, and the vaccine

Sofia is out of breath, again.

Breathing freely is never easy for the 60-year-old grandmother – she relies on inhalers to manage her chronic lung disease – but lately even a gentle walk has been causing her to wheeze.

Earlier this year, Sofia was found dazed in the bathroom having coughed up blood. She spent several days in hospital on a ventilator before the diagnosis arrived. Lung cancer.

For Sofia [her name and others have been changed for this piece], a Covid vaccine c...

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Sarah Haque and Laura Margottini are reporters at the UK-based The Bureau of Investigative Journalism, where this article first appeared.

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While 74 percent of Spain's official population has received at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine, the country's undocumented migrants – estimated to be as many as 470,000 people in 2019 – are being left behind (Photo: Soofiya, for the Bureau of Investigative Journalism)

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Sarah Haque and Laura Margottini are reporters at the UK-based The Bureau of Investigative Journalism, where this article first appeared.

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