Can an airport become someone’s home?

Young woman sitting in an airport waiting area, surrounded by rows of seats in warm sunlight

Can people really live in airports? Some have spent months, years or even decades inside airport terminals. From Paris Charles de Gaulle to Milan Malpensa, Istanbul and Kuala Lumpur, these extraordinary stories reveal how immigration problems, homelessness and personal circumstances can turn a place of transit into an unexpected home. Discover the real people behind these experiences, the story that inspired *The Terminal*, and what airport regulations actually say about sleeping or living in an airport.


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Can you live in an airport?

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