The scoping review by Gopinadhan et al. draws attention to one of the least institutionally protected populations within contemporary migration systems: migrants in transit. The review identifies recurring barriers to healthcare access, including fragmented continuity of care, administrative exclusion, legal uncertainty, language barriers, and fear of immigration enforcement 1. This commentary argues that transit migration should be understood not only as a humanitarian issue but also as a governance test for Universal Health Coverage (UHC). Migrants in transit expose a central contradiction of modern health systems: healthcare systems promise universality while remaining largely organized around stable territorial entitlement. The article discusses what the reviewed study contributes, what remains unresolved, and why these questions are increasingly relevant for Georgia and the South Caucasus. Keywords Migration health; migrants in transit; Universal Health Coverage; health systems; continuity of care; Georgia; South Caucasus.
Talakvadze et al. (Wed,) studied this question.