FORMER Labour MSP Mercedes Villabla has walked almost 500 miles to raise awareness of displaced people’s plight and funds for the Communication Workers Union’s Humanitarian Aid (CWU HA) appeal.Ms Villalba, who stood down as a North East Scotland representative at Holyrood in May, began her 31-day hike at Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port in France, crossing the Pyrenees and into Spain and then continuing along the pilgrimage route known as the Camino to Santiago de Compostela, capital of the Galicia region.

FORMER Labour MSP Mercedes Villabla has walked almost 500 miles to raise awareness of displaced people’s plight and funds for the Communication Workers Union’s Humanitarian Aid (CWU HA) appeal.

Ms Villalba, who stood down as a North East Scotland representative at Holyrood in May, began her 31-day hike at Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port in France, crossing the Pyrenees and into Spain and then continuing along the pilgrimage route known as the Camino to Santiago de Compostela, capital of the Galicia region.

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