US Edition Countries in the Middle East have the highest levels of immigration in the world, according to United Nations figures.
While many large Western nations are debating their level of immigration, it is actually those in the Middle East that have the greatest proportion of immigrants compared to their population size.
Smaller, open countries, such as Andorra and Monaco, also have high levels of migrants as a proportion of their population.
In all, eight countries had immigrants consist of over half of their population in 2015 - including many Middle Eastern countries.
Despite immigration being a big concern for the British public, other countries have much higher degrees of immigration, according to the UN figures.
The United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Kuwait had the highest number of immigrants as a proportion of their population in 2015 - at 88, 77 and 74 per cent respectively.
In these Gulf oil states, there is a great openness to immigration, with the private workforce being dominated by foreign workers.
South-East Asian and African countries saw the lowest levels of inward migration, with China, Vietnam and Cuba having the lowest numbers. These had rates of lower than 15 immigrants per 10,000 people.
Rates of immigration are increasing in the world - with immigrants consisting of 12.1 per cent of the world's population in 2005, compared to 13.2 per in 2015.
The UK's rate of 13.2 is in line with the global average, despite calls for immigration to be reduced in the country.
It is also around the average for the G8 countries, with Japan and Russia having the lowest proportion of immigrants and Germany and Canada having the highest. Several studies have found that immigrants have a proven economic worth to the country.
The USA has the highest total number of immigrants, being home to 19 per cent of the world's immigrants.
This is followed by Germany and Russia, with a combined share of 9.7 per cent of the world's immigrants.
Saudi Arabia had a 4.2 per cent share, boosted by a 15 per cent increase in the number of immigrants between 2005 and 2015.
Of these, the Middle Eastern countries have seen huge increases in the total number of immigrants in the last decade, while Western countries have seen smaller increases.
Of the world's regions, Oceania and Northern America have the greatest degree of immigration - followed by Europe.
As of 2015, one in five people in Oceania were classified as an immigrant, compared to 15 per cent in Northern America and 10 per cent in Europe.
Central and South America have the fewest number of immigrants as a proportion of their total populations.