Article 5J2EE Spanish aid volunteer abused online for hugging Senegalese migrant

Spanish aid volunteer abused online for hugging Senegalese migrant

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Ashifa Kassam in Madrid
from World news | The Guardian on (#5J2EE)

Luna Reyes targeted by far-right supporters after footage of gesture goes viral

The image captured the raw humanity of the moment: a Red Cross volunteer tenderly consoling a Senegalese man moments after he stepped foot in Spain's north African enclave of Ceuta.

Hours after the footage went viral, however, Luna Reyes set her social media accounts to private after she was targeted by a torrent of abuse from supporters of Spain's far-right Vox party and others incensed by the unprecedented arrival of 8,000 migrants in Ceuta.

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