Spain restricts access to Madrid airport for non-travelers due to homeless encampment problem

Only travelers with boarding passes, airport employees and those accompanying someone with a ticket will be allowed to enter the airport during hours with few departing and arriving flights.

For months , the Spanish capital's airport has seen homeless encampments in some of its terminals with individuals in sleeping bags occupying space near walls and bathrooms.

Local media described the number of homeless people to be in the hundreds .