Senior figures tell MPs it was not planned and claim they had not received complaints before tale gained attentionG4S officials and local contractors believe admitted to MPs that more than half the houses accommodating asylum seekers in Middlesbrough and Stockton were painted red – but insisted it had not been done intentionally.
The Home Office last week launched an investigation after asylum seekers claimed their distinctive accommodation was making them targets for abuse from racists and vandals. The doors of the houses are now starting to be repainted.
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Source: theguardian.com