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Mbappé draws fire from right wing in France, Spain over Ceuta t-shirt controversy
Real Madrid's French forward Kylian Mbappé is facing mounting criticism by Spanish and French conservative and far-right politicians for partially obscuring a t-shirt supporting residents of Ceuta, Spain's territory bordering Morocco grappling with a migration crisis. Mbappé said he wore the t-shirt rolled up to show solidarity with "all the immigrants who have lost their lives".
Kylian Mbappé has come under mounting criticism from conservative and far-right politicians in Spain and France after the Real Madrid forward declined to fully wear a t-shirt supporting residents of Ceuta, Spain's north African exclave grappling with a migration crisis.
Immigration has emerged as one of Spain's dominant political issues in recent months following July's influx to Ceuta, and the debate has increasingly spilled into football ahead of next year's parliamentary elections.