The crisis of migrants overcrowded in asylum rooms at the Barajas airport adds a new chapter. This Tuesday, the Red Cross announced that it "temporarily" stops providing assistance to applicants for international protection due to the "saturation" and "unhealthy" conditions experienced in the waiting areas enabled until it is decided whether to process it. the petition.
However, the director of the organization's Migration area, José Javier Sánchez Espinosa, pointed out that the Red Cross's intention is to “continue serving these people once these conditions can be resolved.” “We hope it will be as soon as possible,” he noted.
According to ministerial sources, "Interior respects the decision made by the Red Cross in the responsibilities assigned to it, but we do not share it." From this ministry they assure that "from the first moment" institutional collaboration has been defended as the best way to resolve incidents at the airport."
