Asylum-seekers' limbo at Madrid airport 'unsustainable' -rights groups

FILE PHOTO: Aircraft are seen on the tarmac of Adolfo Suarez Madrid-Barajas Airport, in Madrid, Spain, August 27, 2022. REUTERS/Isabel Infantes

MADRID (Reuters) - Several hundred migrants seeking asylum are in limbo at Madrid airport, sleeping in crammed spaces with poor conditions, Spanish rights groups said, describing the situation as "unsustainable".

Spain's Commission for Assistance to Refugees (CEAR) told Reuters on Monday the number of people requesting international protection upon landing at Madrid's international airport, Barajas, has been increasing since last summer.