https://wikispooks.com/w/index.php?title=BBC_coverage_of_the_Calais_Jungle&feed=atom&action=historyBBC coverage of the Calais Jungle - Revision history2024-03-28T20:26:43ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.33.2https://wikispooks.com/w/index.php?title=BBC_coverage_of_the_Calais_Jungle&diff=257469&oldid=prevUKpeacelibertyfreedom at 05:39, 5 January 20232023-01-05T05:39:45Z<p></p>
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The most memorable part of the '''BBC's coverage of the Calais Jungle''' was a 10 minute segment aired on 12 October 2016 on the [[Victoria Derbyshire]] morning programme. Its intention was to encourage support for [[humanitarian intervention]] abroad and [[Immigration]] from those countries into [[Europe]].<ref>https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-37607774</ref><br />
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[[Lily Allen]] was labelled a [[virtue signal]]ler, and the BBC was accused of misrepresenting the [[Afghanistan war]].<br />
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==Background==<br />
After the [[2011 Attacks on Libya]], the [[2015 European refugee crisis]] occurred. European politicians like [[Angela Merkel]] encouraged many migrants to come, but other countries were more sceptical. The media coverage was slanted, focusing on refugees particularly Syrian ones, who made up a small minority of those in Calais, and misportraying the situation on the ground.<br />
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==Events==<br />
English singer [[Lily Allen]] visited the Calais Jungle to talk to migrants for a BBC segment. The most notable part was in which Allen told a 13 year old Afghan boy that she was "sorry the UK had ruined his life". He had supposedly fled the [[Taliban]] who had persecuted his family and was trying to join his father in Britain. He praised [[Britain]]'s involvement in the [[Afghanistan war]], removing the Taliban from power.<ref>https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/teen-refugee-who-lily-allen-apologised-to-on-behalf-of-uk-thanks-britain-for-fighting-taliban-a3369511.html</ref> She 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."<ref>https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/lily-allen-apologises-on-behalf-9029958</ref><br />
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She also cried in it, which made people guess that it was emotive propaganda. She was [[trolled]] on [[Twitter]], being branded a hypocrite but was defended by [[Diane Abbott]].<ref>https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/1998139/lily-allens-calais-stunt-defended-by-diane-abbott-after-singer-caused-outrage-by-tearfully-apologising-on-behalf-of-britain-for-jungle-camp-conditions/</ref> She was also accused trying to boost her flailing career<ref>https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/1961283/lily-allen-breaks-down-in-tears-and-apologises-on-behalf-of-my-country-during-trip-to-calais-jungle/</ref><br />
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It transpired later on that the boys father was a former warlord and commander in the Islamist militia [[Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin]], a group aligned with [[Muslim Brotherhood]] which had long challenged the tribe-oriented Taliban for dominance in [[Afghanistan]]. The father, Hazrat Gul Sherin, lived in Britain since 2005.<ref>https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/1986448/dad-of-jungle-lad-who-made-lily-allen-cry-revealed-as-former-commander-for-brutal-islamist-warlord/</ref> Despite having asylum due to threat of [[Taliban]] persecution, he had gone back to the country on holiday.<ref>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3840098/Calais-Jungle-boy-silly-Lily-cry-father-ex-Islamist-fighter.html</ref> Soon after the programme aired, he joined his father in Birmingham.<br />
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In 2018, Allen apologised for her involvement with the production, saying she was “foolish” and “clumsy” but participated with “good intentions in mind".<ref>https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1023177/lily-allen-calais-apology-refugee-film</ref><br />
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==External links==<br />
*The segment in its entirety: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DLE-cgF0W8]<br />
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