Last two posts ring true - in addition to the EASA licence you would most likely need the right to live and work in the EU...and many of those airlines currently recruiting (mainly cargo) require you to be an EU national or have the right to live/work in the EU.
I’m sorry to say this, but this is the unfortunate result of the referendum in 2016.....but it’s ok, because now we have our sovereignty back , and life is so much better outside the EU....