India, Aug. 31 -- Clashes broke out during anti-immigration rallies held across Australian cities on Sunday, with the police resorting to using pepper spray against some demonstrators in Melbourne, media reports said.

According to reports, clashes broke out when the marchers faced resistance from counter demonstrators.

Sharing images of the rallies held across the country, March for Australia, the group that organised them, wrote on X: "We did it Australia."

Organiser Mark Aldridge told the ABC the event was about "mass immigration at a time when Aussies are struggling".

"It's not anti-migration," he said.

"The general consensus here is mass immigration; it's just not the right time," he told the news channel.

"Whilst there's not en...