Buenos Aires airport, unofficial homeless' shelter

At the start of the long Easter weekend, the airport in the Argentine capital is filled with homeless people sleeping. Soon the airport will be full of travelers gearing up for a long weekend.

The Jorge Berry domestic airport becoming an unofficial homeless shelter is a reflection of the rising poverty in Argentina, which also has one of the world’s highest inflation rates.Although the country has been used to double-digit inflation for years, this marked the first time the annual rise in consumer prices reached triple digits since 1991.

The high inflation, which has been particularly pronounced in basic food items, has hit the poor the hardest and pushed the poverty rate to almost 40 percent. Nearly 18.6 million people are unable to cover their basic food needs, according to official figures.Amid the increased cost of living and diminishing purchasing power, more people started to look to the airport as a possible refuge.Argentines that have chosen to emigrate amid the seemingly never-ending economic stagnation.