Huge crowds have gathered in the northern Italian city of Milan to protest against racism.
Organisers said about 200,000 people turned out in the city in Lombardy, a region where the right-wing populist League party has strong support.
Campaigners say the government promotes fear and hatred to spread division.
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Demonstrators marched under the slogan People First, with organisers issuing a mission statement saying diversity is a cultural treasure.
"We want Italy and Europe to change their policies, to put people at the centre with their difficulties," one man told Italian broadcaster Rai TV.
A woman said the march was to show that "reception is a very beautiful thing and diversity an enrichment".
Milan's social democrat mayor, Beppe Sala, described the protests as a watershed moment.
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