The Ombudsman points out “degrading treatment” of asylum seekers from Barajas. It is the same observation that was made in the Gran Canaria port of Arguineguín in 2020.
“I spent 16 days without a toothbrush, without a phone, sleeping on the floor. There was a lot of dirt,” a Colombian mother with two children, ages three and eight, said. In the month of January alone, 864 applications for international protection have been processed and 108 people have been returned.