Inmigración y atención sanitaria en un contexto de pandemia: vulnerabilidades y (escasas) respuestas en Europa y en España

The importance of protecting the health of immigrants has been widely recognised as a necessary condition for responding effectively to the COVID-19 pandemic. The need to ensure that all migrants have access to healthcare, regardless of their administrative situation, has been underlined. In this context, this paper briefly reviews the main measures adopted in immigration and healthcare in different European countries and
focuses specifically on the Spanish case. It highlights how little has been done to reduce the vulnerabilities of immigrant groups to COVID-19. Progress in this area would have required initiatives to eliminate the linguistic, organisational and administrative barriers that prevent these groups from having full access to virus prevention, diagnosis and containment measures.