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.

Iranian asylum-seeker Mohammed Bagher Bayzavi said eggs had been thrown at his windows, adding: “Everyone here knows the red colour is Jomast. Change the colour — anything but red.”

An investigation by the Times newspaper found that, of 168 Jomast homes, 155 had red front doors.

And of the 66 residents of the earmarked houses whom it was able to speak to, 62 had claimed asylum in Britain.

One resident said the logo of the fascist National Front had been carved on her door.

A spokesman for anti-racist group Hope Not Hate told the Star that Jomast’s action was “outrageous and crass beyond belief.

“Anyone with even an inkling of history can guess the associations which will be made by colour-coding a minority’s identity.

“Adding something which marks out asylum-seekers as ‘different’ can, and will, clearly be abused, as has obviously happened with regards to increased harassment.

“If G4S and its subcontractor can’t find its tenants’ addresses, perhaps map reading rather than a lick of paint would be in order.”

Jewish Socialists’ Group member David Rosenberg echoed the sentiment, saying: “Asylum-seekers come to Britain to seek refuge from fear and persecution, something close to the hearts and histories of Jewish socialists.

“The apartheid-style actions of G4S in Middlesbrough have heaped more troubles on people who have already suffered enough.”

Jomast managing director Stuart Monk said the firm was now taking action to remedy the problem, but added that he thought it had been “blown out of proportion.

“We are responding to it, and we are going to repaint the doors to make sure there isn’t a predominant colour. I don’t see what more we can do.”