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by umeshunni 4644 days ago
Once those people from poorer countries are educated and stop going there, they'll be replaced by people from an even poorer country.

In the early 80s, there were a lot of Korean workers in the Middle East. As the economy in Korea boomed and they had less of a reason to go the Middle East, they were replaced by Indians. As the Indian economy boomed in the 90s/00s, they were replaced by Nepalis, Bangladeshis and others.