The heads of the Instructional Courts 6, 19 and 20 of Madrid, which have jurisdiction and control powers related to the CIE (Foreign Internment Centers) of the Community, have unanimously agreed to request the Ministry of the Interior and the General Police of the Immigration and Border Service, to urgently to take all necessary measures to put an end to the overcrowding situation that currently exists in the unauthorized halls of terminals T1 and T4 of the Adolfo Suárez Madrid Barajas airport due to the excess number of asylum seekers admitted access to such spaces while respecting the rights of these persons, including 19 Minors and families whose privacy is violated.
The agreement attached to this note is the result of the complaint of the State Coordinator of the CEAR Legal Service, in which she stated that in the summer of 2023 there was an exponential increase in the number of applicants to ensure international protection, it also occurs at the said airport Delays in the formalization of applications, resulting in the rooms for applicants for international protection in T1 being overcrowded and the rooms for inadmissible persons in T1 having to be released for the same purpose. T4.
As a result of all this, the complaint states, the international shelters and the non-permitted spaces intended for the reception of applicants for international protection are currently overcrowded with approximately 250 people, resulting in a deterioration in the sanitary conditions of the facilities and the Food shortages lead to shortages.
This overcrowding was confirmed by the visit of the control judges to the prohibited room of the airport, during which it was found, among other things, that many of the people admitted to these rooms sleep on mattresses installed on the premises, without any intervention in conditions related to health, hygiene and privacy, allowing them to protect their fundamental rights in the circumstances in which they find themselves, in some cases when dealing with families and minors. Situation that led to an urgent request from the judges to the relevant authorities.
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