Gavin Grey: UK correspondent on the UK Government considering using Iraq to process asylum seekers - Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive

It's being reported the UK Government considered using Iraq to process asylum seekers - similar to the Rwanda scheme.

This move could have seen people sent from the UK to a country the Government advises against travel to.

UK correspondent Gavin Grey says Iraq was willing to move forward without a formal or public agreement, according to leaked documents.

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