Overview

• On July 24 Aena barred overnight stays in Terminal 4 without completing the agreed census, displacing more than 400 people across other terminals
• Madrid City Council announced it would quit weekly technical meetings in protest and accused Aena of a unilateral, inhumane decision
• The Pinar de San José shelter opened July 14 with 150 beds but has accommodated only a fraction of those evicted from the airport
• Government delegate Francisco Martín Aguirre reports about 50 individuals still sleep inside the airport complex and another 20 in the outdoor parking lot
• Aena has criticized the council’s withdrawal as political activism and called for renewed institutional cooperation as homelessness and minor thefts continue in other terminals