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Inside Spain's 'Zombieland' Airport Dubbed 'Hidden City' as Homelessness Takes over - The Mirror
- Hundreds of homeless individuals shelter overnight mainly in Terminal 4 at Madrid-Barajas Airport, one of Europe's busiest hubs as of 2025.
- The homelessness surge at the airport stems from Spain's broader social crisis marked by high unemployment, housing shortages, and rising rent costs.
- Reports highlight increased anti-social behavior, hygiene concerns, and public safety challenges as the airport operator Aena lacks legal powers to evict rough sleepers.
- Estimates suggest 300 to 500 rough sleepers occupy the airport nightly, while a police officer described the situation as 'zombieland' and warned it 'can be dangerous here.'
- Officials recognize no single solution exists, urging coordinated efforts among city, regional, and central governments to address the homelessness crisis and its underlying causes.
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Inside Spain's 'zombieland' airport dubbed 'hidden city' as homelessness takes over - The Mirror
Madrid-Barajas Airport - the second-largest airport in Europe by physical size - handles more than 60million tourists every year, including passengers on Ryanair and Iberia flights
The mayor of Madrid, José Luis Martínez-Almeida, and the president of AENA, Maurici Lucena, have met today after two months since their last technical meeting. Despite the fact that at that time faces have not been seen, they have been exchanging reproaches about who is responsible for the fact that at the airport of Barajas-Adolpho Suárez they are spending more than 400 homeless people daily. These are the data that gives an independent study c…
The identification will be carried out by an entity that will select the corporation responsible for managing the airports, which will maintain the access controls to the terminals Read
Aena and the City of Madrid reach an agreement to tackle the situation of homelessness at Barajas airport. The Fresno social consultancy, specialized in studies for third sector entities, will carry out with the financing of Aena an individualized census of those housed in the terminals in order to be able to "act in the case of each person", according to the mayor of Madrid, José Luis Martínez-Almeida, after the meeting held this Thursday to un…
Spain’s Collapse: How Net Zero and Socialism Turned a Holiday Paradise into a Dystopian Nightmare
Spain, once a beacon of sun-soaked holidays and vibrant culture, is grappling with a multifaceted crisis that threatens its social fabric and economic stability. From the sprawling encampments of homeless individuals at Madrid-Barajas Airport to the controversial push for renewable energy at the expense of agriculture, the country faces rising unemployment, anti-social behavior, and infrastructure challenges under its socialist government. The H…
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