steve valdez—symonds, who's refugee and migrants rights director at amnesty uk says he doesn't thinkhe rwanda migration policy will work in the long term. in terms of whether it is having any impact, i think it is far too early to say what the impact may be. i do think, in terms of crossings, it is far more likely that the immediate impact on crossings is to do with the weather, and i would expect there will be larger numbers of people trying to cross, given a number of days in which nobody has managed to cross. as for the deal itself, i think it is an extraordinarily reckless, foolish, and indeed undermining decision of the government. undermining of the whole international system on protecting refugees. it is essentially this country trying to wash its hands of responsibility is rather than addressing the needs of refugees. that ultimately isn't going to help crack down on smugglers, it isn't going to address the disproportionate situation of refugee needs elsewhere in the world compared to here, or even as compared to here with us and france. the government says its policy is abou