Four asylum seekers with Moroccan passports escaped in the early hours of this Wednesday from unacceptable rooms at Barajas airport, as the Interior Ministry confirmed to elDiario.es. The National Police opened an investigation after noting the absence of four people who escaped through the roof of the airfield until reaching the roof.
The flight of these people comes at a time when dozens of citizens holding Moroccan passports, including many Sahrawis, have been stuck for weeks in different terminals in Barajas after having requested asylum upon their arrival in Spain. Most of them left Marrakech airport on a flight to Cuba, but during their stopover in Madrid, they took the opportunity to request international protection from the Spanish authorities.
Even if those who fled have Moroccan nationality, it is not known if they are really Sahrawi, given that the Ministry of the Interior has not differentiated for weeks between asylum seekers who say they are Sahrawi. – and who request protection precisely for this reason – and Moroccans.
The department led by Fernando Grande-Marlaska has repeatedly tried to turn away Sahrawi asylum seekers, despite warnings from organizations such as Judges for Democracy and the Spanish Commission for Assistance to Refugees, which are calling for more study. in-depth analysis of requests for protection and statelessness. .
