39 Passengers On A Flight With A Stopover In Barcelona Stay At The Airport To Seek Asylum

EL PRAT DE LLOBREGAT, BARCELONA , SPAIN - NOVEMBER 19: A man walks with his luggage at Barcelona-El Prat Airport on November 19, 2021, in El Prat de Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. 39 passengers with Lebanese passports on a flight from Cairo (Egypt) with a stopover at Barcelona-El Prat Airport remain at the airport to apply for asylum in Spain. Sources have informed Europa Press on Thursday that the passengers, who are in a room enabled, refused to continue their journey and chose to stay, and have specified that they can resume it or return to the country of origin. The flight landed in Barcelona on Monday about 11 hours and passengers were bound for Quito (Ecuador) and Bogota (Colombia), but decided to stay to seek asylum. (Photo By David Zorrakino/Europa Press via Getty Images)