the uk was in the eu and subject to its freedom of movement rules but the really big rise in net migration came after we finally left the eu in 2021. the tories are also claiming labour would let a quota of 250,000 more people come into the uk from the eu every year as part of a supposedly sweetheart deal they want to negotiate with the eu. this is based on a think tank report which assumes a future labour government would have to accept a large eu migrant quota to get a deal where it can return at some asylum seekers to the eu. much of the rest of this figure is based on the idea labour would reverse the new rule blocking care workers from bringing their co—dependence but that does not correspond with anything labour and their leader have actually said. labour are seeking a returns agreement would the eu but they have also said they would not sign up to any panic eu scheme with a migrant quoter biggest uk is not member