mutt- very good point.
NS Fletcher - I was born in a Commonwealth country of British parents. I grew up in that country, and worked there for many years before coming to the UK. I hold both UK and "the other country" passports. In your opinion am I a "foreigner" or merely a Brit returned home?
To return to Mutt's point, I personally know 11 Britsh pilots working in my country of birth, thereby taking jobs from unemployed locals (and there are just as many per capita there as in UK). Not one of those British pilots has taken out citizenship, they are all permanent residents or on work permits. If you want the "foreigners" out of the UK, then you must be prepared for the Brit expats to return home - I suspect you will find that the one more or less balances out the other and the unemployed frozen-ATPLs will be no better off.
The point I'm trying to make - somewhat longwindedly - is that movement between countries is by no means unusual and occurs in most parts of the world and in both directions. (The one exception, as far as pilots are concerned anyway, is that self-proclaimed champion of the free and land of opportunity, the US!! <img src="smile.gif" border="0"> )