Making EU mobile citizens visible: access to healthcare across EU borders

Led by Médecins du Monde, this project aims to ensure access to healthcare for vulnerable mobile EU citizens who are falling through the cracks of Regulation 883/2004 on the coordination of social security systems, the Citizens’ Rights Directive (2004/38) and the Cross-border healthcare Directive (2011/24).

This project documents the gap between healthcare entitlements as enshrined in EU instruments and actual barriers encountered by mobile EU citizens in accessing healthcare; the results of this data collection exercise serve as a foundation for advocacy at both national and European level. MDM also raises awareness among mobile EU citizens themselves about their rights and on how to better access healthcare.