There were speeches and anti-Nazi chanting at the rally, which featured trade union banners and Palestinian flags
Police in Belfast are mounting a significant security operation as a confrontation between anti-immigration and anti-racism protesters is continuing in the city centre.
Police Service of Northern Ireland Land Rovers and officers in riot gear were separating the two groups. Hundreds of people turned up for an anti-racist counter-protest in the heart of the city centre after social media calls for an anti-immigration demonstration in the city in the wake of the murders of three young children in Southport.
There were also Irish tricolours at the anti-Islamic protest as a delegation from Coolock, the scene of anti-immigrant protests in Dublin, arrived.Meanwhile, a number of roads into Belfast have been closed "due to ongoing protest activity", police said.
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