These vessels are and how dangerous potentially it is. but this all comes after we saw a period of 11 days with no channel crossings at all which is rather unusual. some people were saying perhaps this is due to the romantic deterrent, the government s plan to send people some 4000 miles to rwanda rather than allowing people to claim asylum here. i think in reality this has a lot to do with the weather we have seenin lot to do with the weather we have seen in recent times. today very calm in the channel and lots of crossings, yesterday very calm, lots of crossings. but the previous 11 days it was actually quite windy and the channel, there were quite large waves and we saw no crossing at all, so i think in reality the main deterrent at the moment is the weather. i deterrent at the moment is the weather. ~ ., ., ., , weather. i know that earlier this month the weather. i know that earlier this month the pushback weather. i know that earlier this month the pushback tactic - weather.