Lily Allen said she has had a "glimpse of what it feels like to be discriminated against" after being shunned by a taxi driver.

The London-born pop star said she was turned away from a black cab after being told to "find an immigrant" to give her and her daughters a ride.

The alleged interaction between Allen and the unknown taxi driver comes after she apologised "on behalf of my country" after seeing the squalid conditions refugees had lived in at the Calais camp known as the Jungle.

Allen, 31, wrote on Twitter: