Four Moroccan citizens seeking asylum in Spain escaped from a reception room at Madrid’s Barajas Airport on Tuesday night by climbing through a hole in the ceiling, according to sources from the country’s interior ministry.
After making their way through the roof, the men reached the top of the building and have not been seen since. The National Police have launched a search operation to locate the escapees.
Union representatives cited by the 20 Minutos news outlet have criticized the conditions at Barajas Airport, claiming that the structures provided by airport operator Aena to secure asylum seekers are “completely insufficient and unsafe.”
