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Despite Positive Efforts, Too Many Migrants Face Challenges Accessing COVID-19 Vaccines

Despite Positive Efforts, Too Many Migrants Face Challenges Accessing COVID-19 Vaccines. Photo: IOM

Government policies, operational realities and administrative requirements like identification cards and residency permits may be impeding access to national vaccination efforts for some migrants in 53 of the more than 160 countries where the International Organization for Migration (IOM) has collected information on access so far. Irregular and undocumented migrants and those forcibly displaced are at particular risk. 

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