No one is protected unless everyone is protected
This is a statement issued by the Bangladesh United Nations Network on Migration
File photo of migrants gathering at the Biman Bangladesh Airlines office in Chattogram for return plane tickets to the Middle East, in August 2020. Photo: Rajib Raihan
The Covid-19 crisis has disproportionately impacted people on the move, and as we now enter the next phase of the response the widescale vaccine roll-out we need to ensure that leaving no one behind and equitable access to vaccines are not just phrases, but practice.
Although the number of vaccinations globally has overtaken reported Covid-19 infections, only a quarter of national deployment and vaccination plans submitted to the COVAX Facility include migrants. Due to the highly contagious nature of the virus, we know that migrants remain at higher risk of infection due to many factors, including frequently overcrowded living and working conditions and lack of access to preventative