'Go to the UK, they don't deport anyone': Inside the 'travel agency' for illegal migrants in Iraqi Kurdistan fuelling Britain's small boats crisis: DAVID PATRIKARAKOS

The people-smuggler talks about Britain like a travel agent would. 'If you want to work, earn good money and have a good life, you need to go to the UK,' he says. 'They don't deport anyone.'


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