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3w ago

Aena Asks Barajas Terminal 4 Homeless to Relocate to Carabanchel Centre

The transfer follows weeks of intergovernmental friction over responsibility for homelessness services at Spain’s busiest airport.

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Uno de los sintecho que pernoctan en el aeropuerto de Barajas

Overview

  • On July 16, Aena requested that all individuals sleeping in Terminal 4 vacate Barajas Airport and seek shelter at the new Carabanchel centre.
  • The Madrid City Council’s emergency facility in Carabanchel offers 150 beds for people displaced from the airport.
  • As of July 17, 31 people have accepted a transfer to the municipal shelter, according to Vice Mayor Inma Sanz.
  • The relocation follows months of tightened access controls, legal demands and an NGO-led census of the airport’s homeless population.
  • Weekly coordination meetings between Aena and municipal authorities led to the mid-July opening of the Carabanchel shelter to clear the terminal encampment.