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This article explores some of the ways in which the current refugee “crisis” has played out in the North East of England, with a particular focus on media coverage of asylum in Middlesbrough, the town with the highest proportion of asylum seekers in the country. In January 2016, Middlesbrough made national headlines when it was claimed that the homes of asylum seekers in the town had been made identifiable through the distinctive colour of their houses' front doors, leading to occupants being singled out for violence and abuse. Drawing on critical discourse analysis of national and local newspaper features and online media content, the article examines contrasting constructions of racism, place, and class in the media's coverage of the “red door” controversy. It is argued that even these humanised constructions of asylum seekers draw on discourses that obscure the existence of elite-driven cultural and institutional racisms that are a defining feature of Britain's asylum process. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Author(s): Bates D
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology
Year: 2017
Volume: 27
Issue: 2
Pages: 126–136
Print publication date: 01/03/2017
Online publication date: 15/02/2017
Acceptance date: 18/01/2017
Date deposited: 06/10/2017
ISSN (print): 1052–9284
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
URL: https://doi.org/10.1002/casp.2300
DOI: 10.1002/casp.2300
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