British troops are dying in Afghanistan because the government deems the Taliban such a terrible threat.

Yet those who flee the Taliban and the war are denied asylum in this country.

This is an outrage.

With the closure of the Jungle, a makeshift refugee camp in Calais, children as young as 3 are among the desperate people left to fend for themselves.

Scoundrels such as Andrew Green of MigrationWatch suggest they are gathered in Calais because Britain is seen as a 'soft touch'.

He also claims Britain is full up and cannot accommodate any more people.

Those were the arguments used by the Daily Mail to justify keeping out German Jews fleeing the Nazis in the 1930s.

If the government has any shred of humanity, it will give the young victims of the Taliban asylum in Britain.