Countries With the Highest Rate of Immigration

yeah, it would be different. They're measuring totally different things, not to mention the information on that page is from 8 years ago.

well, 2 countries with very weak governments and little border control in the middle of areas full of strife and conflict which leads to large migrations... and 3 very small low-population countries with booming economies that attract foreigners who want to work there in very large numbers relative to the small indigenous populations. The latter description applies somewhat to country #6, too, though their economy isn't really booming at this point so much as sustaining itself.

I think Spain gets a lot of refugees from Africa, and Cyprus has a small population so that would account partially for them being on the list.

I just spent 3 weeks in Cyprus and have more light to shed on this matter. While I was there, it felt like a rare occurence that I would meet a native Cypriot. The place is full of Russians, Turks, Greeks, Brits, Spaniards, Italians, Arabs, Asians, etc. The island is very small, can drive across it in a few hours, and not a lot of people there. It feels very much like a place for tourists. A lot of foreigners come there for the pleasant year-round weather, beaches, low crime-rate, good food and so on, set up businesses or rent an apartment which is very cheap compared to most of the EU, and stay.

I think they were still getting a lot of refugees from their involvement in the Angolan civil war.