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Exclusive: Dispatch from the ‘homeless city’ hidden inside Spain’s biggest airport

While rough sleepers are nothing new at the travel hub, their numbers over the past 10 years have ballooned from around 50 to almost 500. 

Laurence Dollimore
‘This looks like a disaster zone’, I heard a tourist mutter under her breath as she carted her suitcases out of the arrivals hall.  The holidaymaker had just arrived at Madrid-Barajas airport, where up to 500 homeless people are living in a s

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ByLaurence Dollimore
Laurence Dollimore has been covering news in Spain for almost a decade. The London-born expat is NCTJ-trained and has a Gold Star Diploma in Multimedia Journalism from the prestigious News Associates. Laurence has reported from Spain for some of the UK's biggest titles, including MailOnline, The Telegraph, Daily Mail, Mail on Sunday, The Sun and the Sun Online. He also has a Master's Degree in International Relations from Queen Mary University London.
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