Documentary: Middlesbrough, My Boro, Our Home

Mar 04, 2015, 11:25 AM

Middlesbrough is the only place in the UK that is housing more asylum seekers than its supposed too.

Last year the town was branded the asylum capital of the UK and the BBC has obtained Home Office documents that say local officials have security concerns about this growing community.

But who are Middlesbrough's asylum seekers? And can we only attach negative headlines to this community?

In a special programme called Middlesbrough, My Boro Our Home, David Rhodes separates the fact from fiction about Middlesbrough's asylum community.