Overview

• Pam Tweedale and her daughter say airport police detained them in a shared cell after the passport went missing on arrival at Madrid-Barajas on August 16.
• The family reports phones and travel documents were seized, Spanish-language forms were signed, and they were escorted to the aircraft by police for a return flight.
• They say Tweedale, who recently had gallbladder surgery and has asthma, was denied access to medication and had little or no food or water before flying back to London the next day.
• The group paid for new tickets, with additional costs for a later reunion trip, after being told weekend embassy closures meant replacement paperwork would take days.
• UK outlets covering the case say they asked Iberia, the airport and Spanish authorities for comment, but their reports include no response or official account of the detention.