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.