Eric Zemmour, a far-right French politician and potential candidate for the 2027 presidential election, has suggested that he would replace immigrant workers with robots in certain sectors, particularly in Ehpad facilities—residential care centers for the elderly. During an interview on BFMTV and a post on X (formerly Twitter), Zemmour proposed using robotic solutions for jobs such as personal assistance and elderly care, even suggesting one robot per elderly person in Ehpad centers. He cited China and Japan as examples where such a transition is already taking place. However, experts and analyses suggest that neither China nor Japan are replacing human workers with robots in the personal care sector. In China, there is no specific policy promoting the immigration of foreign workers, and the personal care industry does not heavily rely on foreign labor. Instead, the country is focusing on internal migration through reforms to its hukou system, which regulates household registration. While humanoid robots are being tested in some elderly care facilities, China's government is more focused on developing robotic technologies to address its aging population and labor shortages, with robots primarily serving roles like companionship, mobility assistance, and health monitoring. In Japan, the situation is different. The country is actively addressing labor shortages in elderly care by allowing more foreign workers through the Specified Skilled Worker visa program. Japan is also investing in automation and artificial intelligence for medical and personal care sectors, aiming to deploy around 8,000 care robots by 2030. However, this does not indicate that robots are replacing immigrant workers in the personal care field; rather, Japan is using both immigration and automation to meet labor demands. In France, over 60% of home care assistants and 40% of hospital staff in Île-de-France are immigrants. Julien Floch, an AI specialist at Wavestone, notes that while humanoid robots are being tested in China and Japan, their use in personal care is not yet widespread. He argues that current technology makes it too risky to deploy such robots in environments like hospitals or Ehpad facilities. Floch also questions the feasibility of replacing immigrant labor with robots in France, pointing out that the country depends heavily on foreign technology for hardware, chips, and AI models. He warns that relying on robots with foreign technology could raise significant concerns about national data sovereignty and would require an entirely new economic infrastructure to produce high-performance humanoid robots domestically.