Amnesty International and Doctors of the World have raised 129 individual cases where vulnerable EU citizens have been denied equal care in Sweden.
The European Committee of Social Rights has now said that the Swedish state and Swedish regions, which are directly responsible for healthcare in Sweden, create effective access to care for EU residents, regardless of ethnic origin or residence status.
The committee believes that Sweden has been guilty of several violations of the European Social Charter.
According to the committee, vulnerable EU citizens have been treated worse than other people living without papers and that Sweden has charged different prices for care.
Most of those affected identify as Roma, which is why the committee believes that Sweden has also been guilty of indirect discrimination based on ethnicity.