Hundreds Gather in Auckland, New Zealand to Protest Islamophobia in Face of Trump

Rasa - Hundreds of people of all ages have turned out in the city of Auckland in New Zealand to protest against the US president's policies against Muslims and his now-suspended ban on refugee entering the United States.

News ID: 427195

Date: 07 February 2017 - 20:00

RNA - The protesters also fighting against the rise in Islamaphobia and discrimination against migrants in New Zealand and around the world, ZB News reported.

Organizers said migrants here feel unsafe and unwelcome and want this attitude to change.

The racist cries of a group of about five Trump supporters were drowned out by the crowd.

Police surrounded the men who are wearing hats saying 'Make America Great Again', and formed a barrier between men yelling hate speech and pro-migrant protesters.

The anti-Trump protesters chanted and played music to try and silence them, with one protestor saying it was a positive way to respond to the hate.

"It blows my mind that people think the way that they think. I just can't fathom how they can say such hateful things."

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