African immigrants stormed through a southern Italian town on Friday, smashing shop windows and overturning rubbish bins, the ANSA news agency reported.
It said Friday's incidents in the Calabrian town of Rosarno were less severe than Thursday night when hundreds of cars were damaged, several people injured, and some immigrants detained after clashes with police.
Immigrants shouted "we are not animals and waved placards saying "Italians here are racist".
Some 2,000 immigrants gathered to protest outside city hall where they demanded to see a government representative.
About 1,500 immigrant day laborers keep farms running in the area by picking fruit and vegetables. They say they are essential for the economy and angry at living in abandoned factories without running water or electricity.
Human rights groups claim they are exploited by organized crime.
Silvio Berlusconi's center-right government has moved strongly to stem immigration from north Africa and especially Libya.
Under a recent accord with Tripoli, criticized by human rights groups, immigrants are turned back in the open seas before they reach Italian waters.
ROSARNO, January 8 (RIA Novosti)
