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Madrid Closes Latina Shelter After Aiding 102 From Barajas, Preparing Site for Winter Campaign

City officials cite individualized casework that placed most participants into longer-term support.

Overview

  • The emergency center ran from July 14 to October 14, offering nightly lodging, meals and daytime attention with individualized follow-up by Samur Social and municipal street teams.
  • Officials report that 69% were referred to suitable services, six people moved to autonomous living, and final outcomes included 64 to the homeless network, six to other resources, five voluntary exits and six returns to their countries.
  • By the close, 70 people held stable placements tailored to their needs, six were living independently and six had returned abroad.
  • The population served was 45% Spanish and 55% foreign, 75% men and 25% women, with 21% presenting mental health issues and about one in four facing addiction.
  • The facility is now being readied for the 2025–2026 winter campaign running November 23 to March 31 with 432 places, and the city criticized Aena for poor collaboration while noting the summer device cost €932,000 and earlier street-team reinforcements.