Lily Allen was moved to tears after meeting a 13-year-old Afghan boy who hoped to get into the UK aboard a lorry to be reunited with his father BBC/Press AssociationThe singer Lily Allen has apologised “on behalf of my country” after visiting the Jungle refugee camp in Calais. Allen, above right, broke down in tears when she met a 13-year-old Afghan boy who had risked his life trying to board UK-bound lorries. The teenager, who said that his father lived in Birmingham, had been at the camp for two months. During the meeting, Allen said: “At three different intervals in this young boy’s life, the English in particular have put you in danger. We’ve bombed your country, put you in the hands of the Taliban and now put you…

Source: The Times October 12, 2016 23:04 UTC