People who have no shelter empty the curfew in Anna to sleep on the floors
Barajas published this Wednesday A curfew to reduce the access of the homeless to the airport stations. Since 7:00 pm, private security personnel have created controls at the underground entrance to the metro. Thus, only people who have tickets, companions and accredited workers can reach. The restrictions extended to all tickets between 9:00 pm. And 05.00 in arrival that remained open: Five doors at Station 1, 2 and 3 and four doors in T4. However, despite ANA measures – airport infrastructure manager – the usual that uses sleep facilities You have evaded the veto of their arrival or move To other sites.
This is the case of Francisco, originally from Malaga. At 7:00 pm, she arrived at T4 car parking with a car holder, where her backpack, her ranks, and a pillow To spend the night, as was the case since August 2024. Before his early arrival at Barajas, he hidden his property to make sure he was able to restore it when the night falls. Since airport facilities became a regular space for hundreds of homeless, Francisco decided to replace stations with underground plants. He said that during these months, there was some quarrel, championship of certain people: “Four crazy people are putting more than he touches and the Lord,” although he shows that Paraguas is not dangerous and it is mentioned that at night they sleep quietly.
“For permanent and access to the airport, the necessary documents will be required,” appear in the stickers that were shown by the stations to inform users. Despite this, around 8:00 pm in Barajas halls, some of them can be seen People are ready to stay in facilities, Mostly It was assembled at a member T4, Where you can count, at most, about thirty people.
A few minutes before access to the main doors, a group of four people rushed, which seemed to spend usual in the facilities, to enter. In addition to expediting the arrival of the stations, before warning, some people chose to move to other areas of the airport, where the restrictions do not apply. This is the case Parking, where the airport employees discovered during these hours a greater presence of people, According to the sources of the Federation.
At the time of the limit, 9:00 pm, security personnel deployed controls in the tickets, and asked for tickets for those who wanted to reach. These measures were born some tension link between the guards and the homeless. At one of the doors of the ground floor of the T4, the regular screams that prevented the corridor can be heard: “You are not authority, communication salad.” Meanwhile, another person, with their dog, tried to overcome security for another arrival, without success, because they stopped him at the door: “But if you know me,” he cried before the workers refused to allow him to pass.
For their part, some travelers who arrived in Parajas faced the controls by surprise. The ticket review led to the generation of some tail at the doors when all passengers are reduced at the same time from buses that connect to the stations. However, the measure in general was not able to negatively. “All security is for the better,” They commented on a group of women to Argentina.
To date, the situation in the stations feed the tensions between the various departments concerned, without a solution between all the competent parties. Because of the “insecurity, and unhealthy situation described by Ena at the airport of the hundreds of homeless people during these months, this Thursday, the mayor of Madrid, Madrid, Jose Luis Martinez-BlaidaAnd the head of the airport entity, Mori Lucero, They will meet at the headquarters of the Inna.
The mayor of the capital that LuseroA player to meet the statistics of people who spend the night at stations. “If we want to give a solution, we must know who they are and why are they there and what is their situation.” The first mayor expressed Its intention to provide all municipal resources for hosting “For people who are in a desperate situation like sleeping at Paraguas Airport.” On this on Wednesday, Al -Mida announced this 105 people who sleep in Barajas “have already contacted, monitored It is followed by the social services of the Madrid City Council, and a residence was provided in services and resources in the Madrid City Council. “Also specify that a very small number has agreed to process municipal resources.
