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Often working in frontline jobs and thus among those most exposed to and likely to transmit Covid-19, undocumented migrants are the least protected (Photo: EUobserver)

Brussels silent on vaccinating undocumented migrants

During the last few weeks, the EU has been widely criticised 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.

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Anna Vallianatou is Stavros Niarchos Foundation Academy fellow at the Europe Programme of Chatham House. Emily Venturi is Schwarzman Academy fellow, of the Asia-Pacific Programme at Chatham House. Sophe Zinser is an associate fellow at Chatam House.

Often working in frontline jobs and thus among those most exposed to and likely to transmit Covid-19, undocumented migrants are the least protected (Photo: EUobserver)

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Anna Vallianatou is Stavros Niarchos Foundation Academy fellow at the Europe Programme of Chatham House. Emily Venturi is Schwarzman Academy fellow, of the Asia-Pacific Programme at Chatham House. Sophe Zinser is an associate fellow at Chatam House.

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