Madrid Airport Homeless Crisis

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In Spain, a homelessness crisis unfolds in Madrid's airport

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Madrid 's international airport has for months been the site of homeless encampments amid a growing housing crisis in Spain .

Spain 's airport operator AENA this week said that it would start limiting who can enter Madrid ’s airport during low-travel hours by asking visitors to show their boarding passes.

It's not known how many people are sleeping in Madrid 's airport, through which 66 million travelers transited last year .

Madrid 's city council on Thursday said it had asked Spain 's national government to take charge.

Over the last decade , the average rent in Spain has almost doubled.

Spain also has a smaller public housing stock than many other European Union countries.

Teresa hopes to find a job soon and leave the airport, whatever authorities may force her to do.

She and her husband avoid others sleeping in the brightly-lit hallway dotted with sleeping bags.

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