Leaked correspondence between officials discussed the possibility of a scheme which would have allowed asylum seekers from the UK to be processed there, Sky News said.
Iraq expressed interest in expanding a current returns agreement but declined a formal agreement, Sky said.
Vehicles move past people walking along the waterfront of the Shatt al-Arab river, formed at the confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, in Iraq's southern city of Basra on May 3, 2024 There were 2,668 Eritreans arrivals by Channel small boat last year, up from just over 2,000 in the previous year; while Ethiopian arrivals halved in the same period to about 250.
Sources have also said that if UK military are involved in the removals the migrants would be subject to military law. A government source said: ‘The Home Office is spending millions every day accommodating migrants in hotels - that's not right or fair.
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