Ceuta migrants: The photos that captured Spain's attention
Photos have been shared in Spain showing the human side of the migrant crisis in Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta this week.
Some 8,000 people including children swam or waded around the border fence to enter Spanish territory from Morocco. Thousands were later returned to Morocco.
The embrace
One photo shows a volunteer with the Spanish Red Cross comforting a migrant (above) on a beach in Ceuta. The young woman, identified as Luna, told Spanish TV she did not know the man's name, only that he had come from Senegal.
"He was crying, I held out my hand and he hugged me," she told RTVE.
After the image of the encounter was shared widely online, the 20-year-old said she had been bombarded with sexist and racist comments, and had decided to protect her social media accounts.
But news of the backlash prompted other users to thank her, with the hashtag #GraciasLuna used almost 50,000 times on Twitter.
"#GraciasLuna for representing the best values of our society," responded Spanish Economy Minister Nadia Calviño, while another minister described the photo as a "symbol of hope and solidarity".
"We're an organisation in which there are many Lunas, who help people like those arriving in Ceuta every day," the Spanish Red Cross tweeted.
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