This chart shows a Brexit will make a big difference to UK immigration

The issue of immigration is one of the biggest drivers for Eurosceptics seeking a Brexit — Britain leaving the European Union.

Those in favour of an exit, such as right-wing political parties like UKIP, believe it will allow Britain to enact tighter control of their borders and stop migrants coming to this country.

Think tanks, researchers, and bank analysts have all tried to address claims that the number of migrants coming into the country would fall if the UK left the EU.

But in a note entitled "The UK & EU: Exit Emergency", Barbara Boettcher and her team at Deutsche Bank shows that, in fact, being part of the 28 nation bloc is largely to blame for the rise in migration to the UK:

Deutsche BankAs you can see, the continual rise in migration to the UK is more in step with the rise in number of EU nationals coming, who under the Freedom of Movement Act are allowed to easily migrate to any other member state.

By contrast, the number of non-EU nationals, which would include asylum seekers, coming to the UK is pretty steady and has neither fallen nor risen for over five years.

It is worth noting that the chart goes into 2015, which was the onset of the worst refugee crisis since World War II in Europe. Over one million immigrants hit Europe in 2015 and the same amount are set to dock into the bloc in 2016, according to the United Nations.

However, the number coming to Britain is still very small compared to that of Germany, which up until only two months ago, had an "open door policy" with no quotas of how many refugees it would take onboard.

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