I am sorry to disagree with Coitus, but wizofox is exactly right. The 'global village' argument just does not stand up to examination. If you go to the Middle or Far East where they employ ex-pat pilots, you are openly treated as a second-class citizen who is only there until the day they can train their own people - and then you are history. We should not under any circumstances be employing non-EU nationals as pilots in Europe, and have absolutely no moral or legal obligation to do so. The employment of ex-pat pilots in other corners of the world is 100% driven by the need of the countries involved - they are not doing it as a favour as part of an old boy network. We in Europe have no need whatsoever to hire pilots from outside - there are literally thousands of unemployed but employable pilots out there.
The fact is that all these airlines want something for nothing in the form of type-rated pilots without having to pay a penny towards their training. These guys are increasingly like gold dust and the low cost airlines, where most of the expansion is these days, have to take some responsibility for puting their would-be pilots through the appropriate training courses. Training costs and they have to accept that it is incumbent upon would-be employers to foot some of the bill.