The mayors of Marsa, Ħamrun, Paola, Pietà, Msida, Gżira and Floriana will boycott a "solidarity walk" being organised in Marsa on Sunday after they objected to the presence of far-right activists.

The walk organised by a group of Marsa residents and being held on Sunday at 9.30am was provoked after reports of "lawlessness".

Police carried out a high-profile swoop on migrants in Marsa and the government first announced that residents at the town's open centre would be moved to Ħal Far before stopping the relocation two days later.

The anti-immigration ‘Patriots’ party will be at the walk, which it said was being organised by residents and not by any political party.

Meetings are still underway between the Labour mayors and councillors, the association and the government over ways to improve security in the localities – which they said had already led to an improvement in the situation.

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