0n we saw 50 or so migrants arriving. on days earlier this week when it was really clear and a flat calm, almost 800 people in a day. there is no way you would be able to push back all those boats anyway. it is also about showing you are trying to do something, and that is very important, particularly for the home secretary, who at the moment is under a lot of pressure, even from her own party, to try to get the numbers of people crossing the channel in boats down. stay right there daniel. injuly, the uk agreed to pay france £542 million to step up patrols along the french coastline. since then, britain has threatened to withhold some of that money, unless more boats are intercepted. on monday, 785 migrants arrived into the uk. another 378 were stopped in france. this group made it into the uk in a small boat. 0n