at some of the figures in more detail and figure out what is going with the director of the migration 0bservatory at oxford university which analyses uk migration data. thanks very much for having me. the first question is, what do you make of these figures? 606,000 is the net migration figure of people coming into the country, did you predict that? was it going to be about where we would land? always difficult to predict figures because so many different things affect them but it was clear that it was going to be a higher number and it is. for context, if you look back to 20105 net migration would be in the range of 25,0000 and sometimes 300 or a little bit more so this is significantly higher and the measurement is not exactly the same, but we can tell that these are high numbers by historical standards.
you re live with bbc news. in the uk, new figures show net migration hit a record high in 2022. net migration is the difference between the number of people coming to live in the uk and the number leaving. it rose to 606,000 last year, driven by people from non eu countries arriving for work and study, after the pandemic. that s up from 488,000 in 2021. the figure includes people coming to the uk under resettlement schemes from both ukraine because of the war and hong kong after a political crackdown in the former british territory. 0ur politcal editor chris mason reports. migration who we are, who and how many we welcome, from where, and for how long. this is great yarmouth, in norfolk, a community and region highly dependent on immigration. a town which overwhelmingly backed brexit. for years and years politicians
but as the popularity of e scooters and e bikes grows, fire brigades are concerned by the rising number of fires caused by faulty lithium ion batteries. tim muffett, bbc news. let s take a look at some of today s front pages. the telegraph features a large image of armed police officers surrounding a car after it crashed into the gates of downing street. the daily express carries a pledge from prime minister rishi sunak which reads, we must and will cut the number of people moving to the uk . that s after official figures showed uk net migration was a record 606,000 last year. the guardian reports on leaked documents which reportedly show the government has drawn up plans to deport more than 3,000 asylum seekers every month from january
today at one: record figures on net migration to the uk last year 606,000, that s up more than 100,000. the figure shows the difference between the number of people moving to the uk and the number leaving the rise has mainly been driven from outside the european union. we ve got to be sensitive to the needs of the nhs, of the economy, but fundamentally the numbers are too high. i m bringing them down, the measures we ve announced this week are going to help us do that. immigration is important to this country and we need a system that works. but it has to be properly controlled and managed rather than the chaos that the government has created. we ll be talking to our home editor to examine why net migration
but the data is not super conclusive. the government have been missing home building targets for years and years, aiming for 300,000, nowhere near. there are two ways to deal with that, let less people in or build more houses. we deal with that, let less people in or build more houses. we should look at the effect or build more houses. we should look at the effect on or build more houses. we should look at the effect on public or build more houses. we should look at the effect on public services, - at the effect on public services, people say the use of the nhs, what about people who work in the nhs? here is yvette cooper. to about people who work in the nhs? here is yvette cooper. here is yvette cooper. to make a statement here is yvette cooper. to make a statement of here is yvette cooper. to make a statement of net here is yvette cooper. to make a statement of net migration - here is yvette cooper. to make a | statement of net migration figures today statement of net