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Two teenagers aged 15 and 16 are still being questioned by police after windows were smashed at properties in south Belfast in a series of incidents which led to more than 100 Romanians fleeing their homes.

The protest against racism will be held outside Belfast City Hall.

Barbara Muldoon, of the Anti-Racism Network, said: "It is not with shame that most people I have spoken to have reacted to these racist attacks but with anger.

"Anger that arguments against immigrants - particularly Roma - have found their way into the local media.

"Anger that these attacks took place over months and nothing was done. Anger that the families were left for days without any hope of protection and anger that the families were treated with contempt.

"Anger that the politicians are deliberately blaming immigrants for the lack of jobs and resources that has been caused by their handling of the recession."

Speaking about the rally, she added: "We are hoping that this rally will be the first of many called to protest these attacks."

Donegall Avenue, where Friday's arrests took place, is in the loyalist working-class Village area near the two properties that were attacked last weekend.

The Romanians who fled their homes have been given emergency accommodation while they consider their future.