Private companies took public money to house asylum seekers behind distinctive red doors and make them wear bright shiny wristbands.
Asylum tenants protest in 2012 against G4S in Sheffield
Twice in one week the abuse experienced by people seeking asylum from private contractors made the headlines. On January 20th The Times front page described "asylum apartheid" with the doors of asylum tenants in the north east painted red, marking them out for racist attacks.
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