Alyna Smith News Today

There are concerns that undocumented migrants living in Europe are being left out when it comes to COVID-19 vaccines. The European Union has now inoculated over 70% of its population. But in Italy alone, around 700,000 migrants are thought to be flying under the radar. Special correspondent Lucy Hough reports from Naples.

As Europe races to vaccinate its residents against covid-19 and outpace the highly infectious delta variant, efforts to inoculate the continent face a major gap: undocumented immigrants.

Refugees and undocumented migrants must be vaccinated, NGOs warn As EU member states roll out coronavirus vaccines, refugees and undocumented migrants will have to be inoculated if the spread of the virus is to be stopped. But not all nations plan to include them in their campaigns. Refugees and migrants are at high risk of exposure to the virus, especially in camps The European Commission adopted a recommendation for effective vaccine strategies and deployment back in October 2020. In it, refu...