US EditionSpain Panic as Homeless Pushed Out of Madrid Airport 'Will Relocate' to Key Hub
- Rough sleepers at Madrid Barajas Airport, estimated at 400 nightly, face new night-time access restrictions starting May 23, 2025.
- This measure follows increasing issues of theft, unsanitary conditions, and bed bug infestations linked to the homeless population in several major Spanish airports.
- Similar problems affect Malaga and Palma airports, where rough sleepers have stayed for years and where an influx is expected after Barajas tightens controls.
- Antonio Gonzlez of the General Workers' Union described increasing tensions and CCOO called for urgent action to protect staff, citing health risks and 'unsanitary conditions, persistent smells, and occasional aggression.'
- The relocation of homeless people may worsen conditions at other airports and could impact Spain’s tourism image, a concern noted by industry representatives and local voices.
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The Barajas Trench: This Is How Sanchez and Ayuso Collide with the Management of the Covid Airport, the Migrant Minors and Now the Homeless
The crisis opened by the presence of hundreds of homeless people who spend the night at Barajas airport has once again turned this infrastructure into a trench of the permanent clash maintained by the administrations of Madrid (dominated by the PP) with the central one (PSOE and Sumar). First came the encounter for controls on travellers in the middle of the pandemic, when the regional president, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, tried to explain the figures o…
Aena's Control to Limit the Nightly Access of the Homeless to Decks: 22 Guards and Nine Open Doors
More than 70 days after the first meeting between Aena and the City of Madrid to address the unprecedented crisis that the airport of Barajas is experiencing, with hundreds of sintecho settled in the different terminals, the file is again in the check-out box, at least from a political point of view. Yesterday, the president of the airport manager, Maurici Lucena, asked by letter to the Madrid councilor, José Luis Martínez-Almeida, a meeting wit…
Warning for Brits over bedbugs at Spanish airports overrun by homeless camps
BRITS are being warned about filthy conditions at major Spanish airports which have been infested by insects and overrun by rough sleepers. The terminals – including on the Costa del Sol – have been urged to clean up their acts, after Spain‘s biggest airport had to be fumigated for bed bugs last week. APPeople sleep on the floor of Terminal 4 at Madrid’s Barajas airport[/caption] APSome 400 people are estimated to sleep in the airport each night…
The President of Aena Asks Almeida for an Urgent Meeting on the Crisis in Barajas and the Mayor Accepts with Conditions
Maurici Lucena has written to the mayor of Madrid to see himself as soon as possible and to "coordinate" a meeting in which to solve the situation at the airport, where hundreds of homeless people have been staying for months.The consistory accesses although throws a dart to the company.At the moment there is no date Aena will restrict the free access to Barajas from nine o'clock in the night to avoid sleeping there homeless people The situation…
Aena Activates the Night Closure of Barajas Tomorrow, Evicts 33 Homeless People and Workers Break Out: "The Situation Doesn't Change, They Keep Going to Sleep Every Night"
The countdown has already begun. Restrictions announced by Aena to limit access for homeless people who have been staying at the airport for several months...
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