Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas airport has become a Refuge of homeless people They look for a place to spend the night. Among the corridors that unite the terminals, under the mechanical ramps or even in the counters of the airlines, these synthes mattresses and cards To reconcile the dream.
This situation has generated a tension between workers, security guards and passengers, who have asked Aena Addressing this problem that has become a custom for months.
In response, the agency has issued a statement in which it insists that the management of this situation falls to the Public Administrations With competence in social services. However, he points out that he is maintaining constant coordination with local and regional authorities, and emphasizes that these protests have moved to said groups.
“The competent public authorities have transmitted to AENA that they are aware that homeless people require social protection, adequate care and A dignified solutionwhich in no case can be to live at the airport, ”explains the company.
As part of the institutional approach, AENA has reported that the Mesa for the hospitality of Madridof which entities such as Cáritas are part, have recently developed a census to determine the specific profile and needs of homeless people who sleep in the terminals.
The results of the report will be shared by the responsible administrations in order to facilitate adapted social measures.
“The table for the hospitality of Madrid has prepared in the past weeks a census of these people to determine their concrete profile and their needs and will make it available to the public authorities competent in social services, ”said Aena.
For its part, Aena covers the backs and reiterates that airports are places conceived for the passenger and merchandise transitNot to house people temporarily or permanently. “Airports are designed and equipped, exclusively, for passenger traffic and, therefore, are not prepared for people to live in them,” he said.
In parallel, the agency has affirmed that public administrations are working on solutions oriented to improve living conditions of the people who spend the night. “Local and regional public authorities know this reality and are working to improve the situation of homeless people,” he said.
The statement also addresses the complaints raised by the workers and the social alternative union AENA/ENAIRE (Asae) On health problems, among them, the bedpore plague.
In this sense, AENA has explained that he has hired a company specialized in environmental hygiene that has not detected pestsalthough they have detected insects in very limited areas. However, to prevent, hygienization work has been reinforced in sensitive areas and at the points indicated by employees.
“Aena reported the intervention of a Company Specialized in Environmental Hygienewhich has not determined the existence of any plague, but, in any case, it has launched hygienization measures in all sensitive areas and in those indicated by airport workers, ”said the statement.
In addition, the agency has assured that it has deployed all possible measures, within their competencesto preserve the operability of the airport and the well -being of those who travel and work on it.
“Aena is in permanent contact and is coordinated With the authorities that have administrative competencies in social matters and who are knowledgeable about the situation of homeless people who spend the night at the airport, ”he said.
