Dozens of Palestinians use Barcelona layover to seek asylum in Spain
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[November 19, 2021]
By Nacho Doce and Inti Landauro
BARCELONA (Reuters) - A group of 39
Palestinian passengers on a flight from Egypt to Colombia used a layover
at Barcelona airport to demand political asylum in Spain, a government
spokeswoman said on Friday.
After landing in Barcelona from Cairo on Monday, the passengers were
scheduled to board another plane to Colombia and Ecuador but instead
sought out authorities in the airport to make the asylum request, the
spokeswoman for the central government's regional office said.
Local migration officials are evaluating the cases of the passengers
from Cairo, the spokeswoman said.
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"They are in a special room and all their necessities are being taken
care of," she said. "They are there voluntarily," she said, declining to
give further details.
It is the second attempt by a group of airline passengers to gain entry
to Spain in less than two weeks.
On Nov. 6, a group of 21 passengers ran from a plane on the runway at
Palma de Mallorca airport after an emergency landing that was prompted
by a passenger faking illness.
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Police officers patrol at Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat
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However, the government spokeswoman said the
Palestinian passengers in Barcelona had not staged any incident.
(Reporting by Elena Rodriguez and Inti Landauro; Editing by Nathan
Allen and Giles Elgood)
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