Maybe they could stay in your lovely £2million pad?
Outrage sparked as singer 'apologies on behalf of the UK' to migrants while visiting Calais refugee camp
POP luvvie Lily Allen caused fury yesterday after “apologising” for Britain’s treatment of migrants.
The singer took it upon herself to say sorry “on behalf of my country” to an Afghan teen trying to reach the UK.
Lily, 31, who lives in a £2million home in trendy Notting Hill, wept as she told him: “I’m sorry for what we put you through.”
But the encounter, filmed at the Jungle camp in Calais for the BBC’s Victoria Derbyshire Show, sparked a backlash.
Critics accused the star, whose last UK chart entry was number 93 in 2014, of trying to boost her flagging career.
Colonel Richard Kemp, a British commander in Afghanistan in 2003, said: “What is she doing there? She clearly does not have any understanding of the situation.
“The refugee is in a safe country and the French have an obligation to look after him. I find it enormously insulting. She does not represent us.”
The lad, who claimed to be 13 but looked far older, told Lily that his father lives in Birmingham.
Despite having a legal right to join him, he has spent two months trying to sneak on to lorries heading for Britain. The teen said: “The legal process is . . . too slow. The way I am trying works better.”
Lily told him: “We’ve bombed your country, put you in the hands of the Taliban and now put you in danger of risking your life to get into our country.”
Lily’s trip to The Jungle, due to be shut before Christmas by the French, triggered a backlash on Twitter.
One said: “Look at me, me, me. Another self-obsessed leftie luvvie.”
Lily hit back: “So much abuse for apologising to a helpless child for the part this country has played in contributing to his dire situation.”
She also insisted she would “100 per cent” take a child migrant into her home, adding: “Who wouldn’t?”
SAY SORRY FOR THIS...
BEFORE Lily starts “apologising” for Brit troops taking on the Taliban, perhaps she should say sorry for her own mistakes.
Two years ago her appalling single URL Badman tanked at No93.
Earlier this year the attention-seeking mum passed out after a bender at the Notting Hill Carnival.
She also collapsed at Glastonbury last year, as revealed by The Sun on Sunday
