A Year on From the Riots of August 2024 and the Political Left are Pouring Money and Resources into Middlesbrough to Re-enforce Multiculturalism on Teesside and to Build Their Narrative of Events Last Summer.
In the Summer of 2024, there were serious street disturbances in Middlesbrough in response to the Southport killings, as anti-migrant anger boiled over. In fact, riots took place across this part of the North-East with serious disturbances and clashes on the streets of Sunderland and Hartlepool and Stockton across the last days of July and the first week of August 2024.
Since then, the political Left and the ‘progressive liberals’ have worked hard to seize the opportunity for social engineering and creating a blame culture that points the finger at the ‘Far-Right’ and presents migrants, ‘asylum-seekers’ and illegal immigrants as blameless and worthwhile additions to the future of Middlesborough.
In a classic Left-wing distortion of history to serve their political and ideological narrative, we are offered the following description of the history of Middlesbrough.
“We are an immigrant town”
“The first thing is to know our own history. We are an immigrant town, we’re just 200 years old. In 1825 there were 25 people, four houses and a farmhouse – that was it.”
The reality is of course somewhat different to this cultural Marxist interpretation of history of the town, because from the late 18th Century and across the 19th Century, the Industrial Revolution changed the landscape and demographics of large swathes of Northern England.
Middlesbrough saw its growth and expansion due to its position on the estuary of the River Tees, which saw the development of the shipbuilding industry, drawing on the newly expanding iron working and coal mining in the North East. The need for workers drew in people from across the region, in other words, internal migration of population, not immigration from other countries.
People left the countryside and rural villages to work in the ship yards, iron foundries and construction sites. The rapid industrialisation on Teesside generated much pollution, smoke and steam, which gave rise to the nickname of “Smoggies” for those living and working in Middlesbrough.
It goes without saying that those smog and smoke conditions on Teesside are a thing of the past, and this writer has little doubt that if one of the recent newcomers to Middlesbrough, one of those non-white arrivals will not only not understand the history behind the nickname but will no doubt react badly to being described as a ‘Smoggie’ and will rush to report a ‘Hate Crime Incident’ and to secure the services of a leftist human rights lawyer to prosecute the offender, for substantial damages of course. Politically motivated social engineering and population manipulation are clearly operating in plain sight.
“Why so many migrants being housed in this North East town, a subject covered in part in previous articles on ‘asylum-seekers’ being settled in the towns of Teeside.”
MIDDLESBROUGH: – “The UK town with the highest influx of migrants where locals rage ‘it’s overcrowded’. This UK town has seen more migrants arrive per capita than in London. Jan 30, 2025 Updated: Thu, Jan 30, 2025.”
A report just less than two years ago was referenced in the mainstream media with this headline: “The North Yorkshire town of Middlesbrough is the UK’s migrant capital, with more new arrivals flocking there per head than anywhere else in the country. The Teesside town saw 6,800 people move in 2023. The town’s population is just 150,000, meaning that of everyone that lives there, 4.4 percent are migrants.”
Given the declining post-industrial job market and general lack of social housing and services after decades of neglect by both Conservative and Labour governments, Middlesbrough should be one of the last places in Northern England to be treated as a focus for settling illegal immigrants and so-called asylum-seekers. Little wonder that there are “social tensions” within the town.
Ten years ago a BBC report asked the question – Why does Middlesbrough have the most asylum seekers? This was first published on 23 October 2015.
Then in 2024: “Middlesbrough has triple the national homelessness rate.”
Aug 10, 2024 · In Middlesbrough, at least six in every 1,000 households were classed as homeless between January and March this year, compared to two in 1,000 across England.
Teeside Live
“Home Office data shows Middlesbrough’s support for asylum seekers after mayor’s ‘levelling up’ call. The Home Office data shows the council supports more asylum seekers, as a proportion of its population, than anywhere else in the country.”
NOVEMBER 2021
“Middlesbrough Council supports more asylum seekers, as a proportion of its population, than anywhere else in England.
“Recent Home Office data shows that Middlesbrough assists 560 asylum seekers – 532 are provided with accommodation and 28 are supported but do not receive housing. This is equivalent to 38 asylum seekers per every 10,000 people, which is the highest figure in England.”
“However, current numbers are drastically lower than in 2014 when almost 1,000 asylum seekers were being housed in Middlesbrough, which was almost 1.5 times the Government limit. In total, there are 82 local authorities that do not assist any asylum seekers with either housing or general support and a further 100 that support less than 10.
“The North East supports more asylum seekers relative to population size than any other region in the UK. County Durham is an outlier as it only supports two asylum seekers, whereas every other local authority assists more than 100. Stockton supports 623 asylum seekers, which is 30 per every 10,000 of the population, Hartlepool supports 319 people, which is 34 per every 10,000, and Redcar & Cleveland assists 106 people, which is 8 per every 10,000.”
And yet a Labour government and Labour Party dominated local authority continues to push ever more immigrants into the town. Ignoring the tensions that motivated the riots in 2024, the Labour Party ‘diversity drive’ continues. This ideologically driven impetus by the political Left has found eager allies in Non-Government Organisations, (NGO’s) like OPEN DOOR North East.
A quick look at the website page of Open Door North East is a clear indicator of what this organisation is trying to inflict on Middlesbrough and other North East towns and cities.
OPEN DOOR North East
Supporting Refugees, Alleviating Destitution, Releasing Potential
Helping Asylum Seekers and Refugees to settle in the UK
Open Door North East is a charity, founded on Christian values, serving asylum seekers, refugees and other migrants in the Tees Valley. We provide a range of services supporting the well-being and integration of those seeking sanctuary in the UK. Our mission is to support those seeking sanctuary to move out of poverty and destitution and be empowered to achieve their full potential.
Asylum support
Who does what?
What does the UK government do? What is Middlesbrough Council?
Find out more
Places to get help for asylum seekers
Organisations which can offer help and advice for asylum seekers.
Find out more
Other places to get help and information
Where to go for advice, to find a job, or to get benefits; find a doctor or a dentist.
Find out more
Immigration advice
The different kinds of immigration advice; where to find an immigration adviser.
Find out more
Leave to remain and citizenship
How and when you can get ‘indefinite leave to remain’; how you can apply for British citizenship.
Find out more
Waiting for a decision
Where you can get support while you’re waiting for a decision on your application for asylum.
Find out more
A negative decision or deciding to return home
What to do if you decide to return home or get a negative decision.
Find out more
A positive decision
Opening a bank account, claiming benefits and Universal Credit, housing, education, health.
Find out more
Living in Middlesbrough
History of Middlesbrough, Useful information about Middlesbrough and how to stay safe.
Find out more.
What a pity that such levels of support and professional help are not provided free of charge to indigenous White British residents of Middlesbrough. Open Door North East is only one of a number of such ‘progressive’ organisations seeking to welcome migrants and fellow travellers into Teesside.
The riots of 2024 have acted as a spur to such organisations and the Labour government to increase the push towards a permanent multicultural Teesside.
“Middlesbrough Council was awarded £655,000 from the government fund which is designed to reduce the risk of further disorder in the future, rebuild social trust and promote cohesion. Almost £200,000 of that total has now been distributed to community-led projects. Others funded include a creative arts programme titled Pieces of Us.
“It will see schools and community groups explore topics of identity and social challenges through art and writing. Large jigsaw pieces will be created that will eventually connect to symbolise unity and the town’s strength.”
“Africa Day, a previous event in Middlesbrough”
“As well as projects focusing on music, art and storytelling, the fund has also been used to support small-scale action in local neighbourhoods. The Friends of Hemlington Community Hub and Library will work on a mosaic mural at the hub celebrating the local area’s history. And in Newport, Streets Ahead for Information will lead on a project to improve the Essex Square area.
“Middlesbrough Mayor Chris Cooke said: “People of our town were hurt by what happened last summer, and we’ve got a lot of work to do to help our communities recover. The details of the projects that have been awarded grant funding are really interesting and I’m confident they will help promote our strengths.
“It’s clear that a lot of thought and creativity has gone into the applications – these projects will help us show off the best of Middlesbrough. Youth services providers are receiving £205,000 from the fund with the money paying for more one-to-one focused work with the most disengaged young people.”
Guidance on how the funding should be spent out was set out by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. It said the funding could be used to “empower communities to address the deeper roots of the unrest”.
As is clearly shown by the quotes above, Middlesbrough has struggled for years with declining housing stock, local services, health care, and unemployment, yet now it seems money and resources are being poured into the town to rebuild ‘community cohesion’ and to smooth the way for ever greater multiculturalism and diversity.
The mainstream media quotes below shine a clear, bright light on the ideologically driven focus, originally published in early 2025, the money, resources and opposition to any hint of ‘Far-Right’ criticism is their driving motivation to build a multi-racial society.
“The August riot in Middlesbrough – is the town recovering?”
“Middlesbrough’s race riot on 4 Aug 2024 left scars, but some now try to erase it. Six months on, the fight for truth and justice continues. Gresham Ward has one of the highest concentrations of asylum seekers and refugees in Teesside. Six months on, the residents are still traumatised and fearful.
“In doing so, Cleveland Police continues to be accused of ‘two-tier’ policing by their mayor, Ben Houchen. There is no dog-whistling low enough to which this man will not stoop. On 20 January 2025, Middlesbrough’s mayor, Chris Cooke, announced a £225,000 post-riot community fund, including a pot of £50,000 aimed at helping the most vulnerable residents.
“The healing process continues, but we’ll never forget how a few hundred young fools, and the ghouls who manipulated them, tried to destroy our community.”
So there you have it.
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