this is bbc news. let's get more now on the news that more than 350 migrants have crossed the english channel in small boats in the past two days, following 11 days without any crossings. the government is hoping that its plan to send migrants to rwanda will deter them from attempting the crossing. steve valdez—symonds, who's refugee and migrants rights director at amnesty uk says he doesn't think the 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 about cracking down on single men who are making the crossing. they say a vast majority of those are not seeking asylum through the proper channels, and therefore this policy would address that, and they also say it's about cracking down on people smugglers. but you are saying this policy doesn't address that

in any shape orform? it doesn't address anything that you have said. the central point here is that it can't address the idea of people using so—called legal roots, as the government puts it, because there aren't any other routes but this. the government doesn't make visas available for anyone to come here to seek asylum. it says through its system that you must get here first to do that, however. so this is what is left to people and these are the journeys, therefore, that a few of them make. now, if it doesn't do anything about that, i'm afraid we will see significant numbers of people, not especially large, but significant numbers of people continuing to be exploited by smugglers on these routes, because no—one is doing anything to address the needs of those people. some of whom even have family here, and indeed other connections here. it makes no sense whatsoever. and briefly if you would, what is the better solution

to this, if there is one? there are only two things that desperately need to be done. one, abiding by our international responsibilities, and when someone arrives here claiming asylum, dealing with their claim responsibly, fairly and as efficiently as possible, and if we are serious about trying to drive down the exploitation of smugglers, opening up safe routes so that those who can access them can make safe journeys, managed journeys, rather than keeping on turning to smugglers because that's the only choice we have left them. muslims have been celebrating eid today, which is usually a time for big feasts and gifts, but the rising cost of living has put a squeeze on some festivities. it's comes as the charity, islamic relief, says the organisations it works with in the uk have experienced their busiest ramadan ever. our consumer affairs correspondent, colletta smith, reports.

this time of year, a lot of people will be stocking up. a lot of meat items, a lot of dates, you know. abid has run a chain of supermarkets in leeds for decades. are you all right? service with a smile with no extra charge, eh? and he knows his customers inside out. this year's been a very different and a very difficult year for people, especially in the month of ramadan. so, over the last few weeks through ramadan, have people been spending less? people have been spending less, yes. they're very, very cautious. i mean, a person would normally come in and buy a box of tomatoes. they will only buy a few. spending is not as much as it was previous years, you know, in the month of ramadan. if this is normally your busiest time of year, are you worried about the future? definitely worried about the future, yes, because the eid festival is really inviting families together, really spending a lot on your family and your children.

i would say this year, they won't be buying bulk, but everybody is feeling that pinch. you have to get it, but probably less or something. i don't know. it's difficult. i've tried extra hours, to get more, but it's not happening. _ so there's nothing we can do. you used spend £50 and you can see, "oh, my gosh, bought loads of stuff." now you spend £50 and you look at the bag, like, "what did you buy? what is it? " are you 0k? breaking the fast at sundown this ramadan has become a struggle for many. ok, so they're doing eid cards and stuff and your mum's going to get her display ready. so rifhat has been organising free community iftar meals for anyone in need. but what happens at christmas? i mean, you know, people obviously go into debt. they want to try and give their children and their loved ones a good present, a good christmas.

and we want to do exactly the same. we want to give a good eid. we want to give nice presents to our children. the families that we're working with, they don't have that. now, we've seen families born and bred in britain on state benefits who've never turned to a charity for help. and one of the families in particular who's here this evening, they've actually felt embarrassed. they've actually said that we get invited to break fast with people, and we normally have people in our house, but we can't reciprocate that. lots of those here tonight have told me they're glad of the extra help at this special time. yeah, to be honest, it's very nice and we enjoy it, to be honest. and the kids are enjoying it. it's such a lovely feeling that we can help somebody and just bring a smile to their face. although the tables might look different for many this year, the prayers of gratitude through ramadan and into eid remain the same. coletta smith, bbc news, in leeds. now it's time for a look at the weather with louise lear.

good evening. bank holiday weekend is coming to a close. it has been a cloudy affair for many. still stunning at times. take a look at this amazing weather watcher picture sent in from edinburgh. but you can see the cloud at times was fairly threatening. there were a few isolated showers in eastern scotland. best of the sunshine through lincolnshire and cambridgeshire throughout monday afternoon, and in fact, temperatures here around 16 or 17, but you can see it was the exception, rather than the rule. the emphasis with the cloud and a few scattered showers from time to time. now, through this evening and overnight, we keep the cloud going and the risk of a few showers as well. a northerly breeze and slightly clearer skies into the far north—east of scotland. here, temperatures will fall down to low single figures, but elsewhere, it's going to be a mild start to tuesday, frost—free here. so, another grey start as well. and the cloud will be thick enough for a few showers first thing in the morning, particularly across scottish borders and then running down through the north—east of england and as we go through the afternoon, some through the midlands, down into wales and south—west england, may well turn heavy and thundery.

a good deal of dry weather for most of us, however. brighter skies from time to time, so highest values once again in the sunshine of 17, just that little bit cooler along the far north—east coast. we've still got weather fronts toppling across the high through the middle part of the week, still running the risk of some showers. we start off with showers moving out of scotland into the north of england. by the middle part of the afternoon, those showers will drive in through wales, central and south—east england. with the best of any brighter weather further north and west. it will still be quite warm their down to the south, hence the reason for the thunderstorms, and temperatures may well peak into the high teens. now, we've got one or two fronts to clear away towards the end of the weekend and then into the weekend, high pressure is set to build in behind, quietening things down once again. so, no significant rain for the gardeners or growers across central and southern england, and in fact, with the wind direction coming from a south—westerly, on the whole, for the bulk of england and wales

and northern ireland, it will stay on the warm side. so, yes, we've got the risk of some rain on friday with that front, but once it clears through and the high pressure builds, dry, settled, sunny and warm for many.

hello, i'm ros atkins. this is 0utside source. hundreds of civilians are still trapped in the azovstal steel plant in the southern ukrainian city of mariupol, after the ceasefire breaks down. those who managed to get out describe what it's been like. translation: we thought it's only two to three - days, and we've been there since the 24th of february. translation: there were bombings every day. - all the time we spent in the bunker, they were bombing. we'll get the latest on those evacuations from our correspondent in ukraine. and we'll report from ukraine's eastern donbas region, now the focus of russia's offensive. officials there say it's on the verge of a humanitarian catastrophe. and israel has reacted with fury after russia's foreign minister claims that nazi leader adolf hitler "had jewish blood". sergei lavrov tried

to justify russia's portrayal of ukraine as "nazi", despite its president being jewish.