of bakhmut over to russian forces. hello, i m lewis vaughanjones, welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast moving news, interviews and reaction. here 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. joining me live to discuss the issue is peter walsh senior researcher at the oxford university migration 0bservatory. also the bbc s mayeni jones who is in lagos in nigeria and our correspondent in hong kong martin yip. first, let s go to peter, thank you for coming on the programme. what do you make of these n
senior researcher at the oxford university migration 0bservatory. also the bbc s mayeni jones who is in lagos in nigeria and our correspondent in hong kong martin yip. first, let s go to peter, thank you for coming on the programme. what do you make of these numbers, that increase? it’s you make of these numbers, that increase? , , ,, ., ., , increase? it s substantial, it s about double increase? it s substantial, it s about double what increase? it s substantial, it s about double what we - increase? it s substantial, it s about double what we see - increase? it s substantial, it s about double what we see in l increase? it s substantial, it s - about double what we see in normal times pre pandemic when the figure would be anywhere between 250 and 350,000. in some way, it s no surprise because this is a quite unique period. in which we have three of its things combining to produce this higher figure. three of its things combining to produce this higherfigure. the first,