Mostly for the same reason a Swedish bus driver gets paid 50x an equivalent Indian one does. Protectionism. Most of the "free world" relies on this practice of

Mostly for the same reason a Swedish bus driver gets paid 50x an equivalent Indian one does. Protectionism. Most of the "free world" relies on this practice of immigration control to keep wages high. You really don't want a free market unless you're from a poor country.