Agreement to assist the hundred people who spend the night at El Prat Airport

Finally, the Government and the city councils of El Prat and Barcelona are finalizing an agreement to address the Barcelona. The three administrations plan to sign a contract, to be renewed annually, in which the Catalan government commits to providing half a million euros to cover the basic needs and social support of these individuals. In fact, this involves returning to the special plan for homelessness that began in 2011, but was halted at the end of 2023 when the previous agreement expired and was not renewed for political reasons.

In February, Aena, the public company that manages the airport facilities, unexpectedly ordered the 24-hour expulsion of homeless people who have turned Terminals 1 and 2 into shelters to avoid the streets. Without any social support, a Mossos d'Esquadra unit then limited entry to the airport to employees and users who were scheduled to catch a flight, and the homeless had to find another place to spend the night. However, none of them requested assistance from social services in either El Prat or Barcelona, and they were distributed throughout various locations in the metropolitan area.



The agreement includes a specialized homelessness team from Barcelona City Council that will be responsible for identifying and monitoring people who spend the night, providing them with basic social coverage and connecting them with social services or other resources. In the municipality of El Prat, municipal social services will be strengthened so they can also care for people who spend the night in the vicinity of the airport. The proposed agreement, which has not yet been signed, also specifies the creation of a Technical Intervention Project Board (TTPI) to address the most complex cases in a coordinated manner among the administrations involved.

The technical members will meet monthly to diagnose and analyze the situation..