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A G4S-affiliated property developer was forced to redecorate the front doors of asylum-seekers’ homes yesterday after it caused outrage by painting them red.
The properties, built in Middlesbrough by G4S subcontractor Jomast, were easy recognisable and became targets for racist vandalism.
Jomast and G4S denied that only asylum-seekers had their doors coloured red but the case is now being reviewed by the Home Office.
DIANE ABBOTT warns that Shabana Mahmood’s draconian asylum proposals fuel racist scapegoating and risk demoralising Labour’s base – potentially paving the way for Farage to No 10
CLAUDIA WEBBE argues that Labour gains nothing from its adoption of right-wing stances on immigration, and seems instead to be deliberately paving the way for the far right to become an established force in British politics, as it has already in Europe
Britain’s proud asylum history, from sheltering the Kindertransport escaping Hitler to Basque children fleeing fascist Spain, required tireless campaigning against persistent opposition — and it’s up to all of us to do our part today, writes SABINA PRICE