hello. 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
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