In Cardiff, refugees are reporting being harassed in the streets, ever since they became identifyable in public. The company contracted by the government to provide housing for refugees in Cardiff, Clearsprings Ready Homes, made it mandatory for refugees to wear brightly coloured arm tags. If they take them off, they forfeit their right of getting their 3 meals every day. Refugees in the UK that are awaiting asylum are not allowed to work, and they do not get any spending money, so they are depending on food distribution to be fed. If at any time they take their tags off (which is irreversible), the company will report this to the government.
So far, authorities have not yet responded to complaints of harassment.
http://www.volkskrant.nl/buitenland/asielzoekers-lastiggevallen-in-cardiff-wegens-verplichte-polsbandjes~a4231374/Meanwhile, in Middleborough, a similar story has surfaced. Housing for immigrants there provided by Jomast, owned by billionaire Stuart Monk, all have red painted doors. This apparently has been ongoing since 2012. Refugees have been complaining that their homes are being targeted for harassment with rotten eggs, dog poop, and vandalised with stones. Refugees that tried to paint their door another colour, were confronted within days with a painter sent by the house owner, to repaint the doors red and inform them that any other colour 'goes against company policy'. A local politician compared the red doors to nazi practice.
The British Secretary of Internal Affairs has ordered an investigation into the matter now. Stuart Monk has responeded by announcing that all houses will get another colour door within half a year. The Jomast company is notorious for buying the worst quality housing in low income areas with the intent of making easy money.
Politician Mark Anderson also commented on the matter, when it got a lot of attention on UK social media. He said that while ofcourse he rejected violence and harassment, that there are a lot of British people on waiting lists for tenancy, that would love to have on of those red doored houses.
Some citizens of Middleborough commented on social media that they do not have red doors because they're refugees, but because red is the colour of the local football team.
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