Spanish airport under consideration for new migrant arrival centre
Spain is exploring the possibility of using a private airport as an emergency migrant reception centre as EU leaders debate handling irregular arrivals.
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00:00The Spanish government is considering setting up an emergency reception center for migrants
00:07at a disused airport south of Madrid.
00:12The proposal was met with condemnation from the town's mayor.
00:18A center that is a real concentration camp for migrants,
00:22a place that does not meet the minimum humanitarian conditions to serve these people.
00:27UN Refugee Agency data shows that roughly 43,000 people immigrated to Spain in the last year by sea.
00:34The Spanish government is studying hundreds of locations,
00:39as has happened now with the Ciudad Real airport.
00:43By the way, I want to remind you that it is a 100% private airport.
00:47The announcement coincides with a controversial offshore migrant processing center in Albania
00:52opening its doors and processing the first round of migrants rescued at sea by Italian ships.