A member of far-right party Imperium Europa is hosting a Facebook event calling for a national protest “against illegal immigration” on Saturday, 6 September.

Adriano Spiteri, who appears as the organiser of the Facebook event, was a campaign manager for the far-right party Imperium Europa in the 2014 European Parliament elections, which fielded Norman Lowell, Arlette Baldacchino and Antoine Galea for candidates.

Spiteri claimed in his Facebook note that Imperium Europa had “nothing to do with this initiative".

The group plans to start its walk at the Floriana St Publius parish church, and walk towards the Auberge de Castille.

Malta has seen few arrivals of asylum seekers in 2014, with Italy taking the bulk of all sea rescues through its Mare Nostrum naval operation.

The operation is expected to be replaced by a new ‘Frontex Plus’ operation sponsored by EU member states.

257 asylum seekers were rescued by the Armed Forces of Malta in September.