What’s so absurd about Westerners moving to third world countries seeking work when their own countries cannot provide enough?
You’d be surprised how many Americans spent a large portion of their lives in the Middle and Far East and how many had wanted to stay there.
I have no objection to Westerners moving to third world countries to work.
I find it bizarre that they would have to do so because there is no work in their native land.
When “colonialism” of the 1700s and 1800s was going on, the immigration was driven in large part by a growing population. Better diets, improved sanitation and such led to higher child survival - and adults who immigrated to other continents to find land and opportunity.
It is amazing that Europe is seeing similar immigration, when it has fewer young people than the generation that is retired. They didn’t really have the WW2 Baby Boom we did because too many of their men died, and many of the survivors left from 1920s to 1950s.