The Scottish authorities’s Justice Secretary Neil Gray mentioned there had been a “significant deployment” of police with the intention to comprise the protest.
He mentioned that whereas there had been dysfunction, it had been contained by officers.
He urged protesters to not resort to the “violence and thuggery that we have seen in similar protests in recent weeks”.
Gray continued: “I expect anybody who is carrying out the racist thuggery that we have seen previously on the streets of Glasgow to be treated robustly by the police, and for any kind of intimidation and other tactics that seek to divide our country to be met with the full force of the law.”
Where the anti-racism group have been gathered, there was music taking part in together with Abba’s dancing queen and a number of the protestors made speeches.
They additionally waved placards with anti-racism messages. Others waved Palestine flags.
At one stage, the protesters tried to march however have been turned again by police.
The anti-immigration protesters additionally performed music, sang and chanted. Some additionally made speeches.
Many waved flags displaying anti-immigration messages, whereas others had saltires or Lion Rampant flags. Some waved flares which launched blue and white smoke.
Men sporting balaclavas have been among the many crowd.
