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Some people on SF get rather pedantic about how the words “expat” and “immigrant” are used. Because of my work, I always worked in foreign countries. I was always referred to as an...
Alan_Dargie: Sorry about introducing the tomb aspect I suppose it’s the ultimate form of integration
Arcalia: trying to flambé I did [almost] a week washing up at The Jack Straw’s Castle, the large restaurant/pub opposite the pond at the top of the hill overlooking Hampstead He...
For me an immigrant is probably someone who has moved to another country to find a better life financially or to escape war or political problems in their country of origen. An exp...
vero: drinking rosé in the morning, Hahaha! Reminds me of my ex who, with her two pals at the kitchen table, the kids safely incarcerated in school, would crack open a bottle of...
Those three women saw it every morning …
Well, I am definitely an immigrant and will remain here 'till death because I have already bought the plot and if I go to Blighty to die I will be unable to reclaim my half of the...
Irishman decided to live in France, I am an immigrant and have zero issues being labelled as such. The locals don’t mind me particularly as I spend my UK earnings in their local ec...
The main difference to local yokels like me (ie those of us who are neither) is that those terms are very loaded, esp in English: if you’re brown you’re an immigrant and it’s a loa...
I’m an immigrant until I return to the country of my birth which I currently have no plans to do.
vero: unless you’re on a short- to medium-term posting on behalf of an organisation, you’re an immigrant. That’s sort of what I follow. I am an immigrant into France, but will I...
Oh, that was long before we became an item … Her kids, not mine.
captainendeavour: Dubonnet That’s a word I’ve not seen for a long time…
Ancient_Mariner: There are many reasons why someone might not want to take on a different nationality Possibly the main one in places where this is comparatively easy (unlike fo...
From daily siestas to a healthy local cuisine, explore what one expat's life is like in Seville, Spain.
I think your definitions would be universally accepted Chris. What I object to - well "object is rather too strong an emotion - what I gently raise one eyebrow to, is when I call m...
The nouns don’t worry me much, but I’ll go to my grave insisting that there’s only one verb and it is ‘emigrate’.
I think expat is seem as pejorative to those who have deliberately chosen to settle in France (or a different country from their origin). An expat is an individual intentionally li...
My personal set of definitions, FWIW: Migrant - somebody who has left their place of origin and who is on the way to somewhere else. Expatriate (“ex-pat”) - somebody who has left t...
Expat concerns over uncontrolled costs and travel disruptions amid gulf tensions
vero: France and the UK have allowed people born to mixed couples to have dual nationality It’s a similar situation in Spain, where my nephews have dual nationality, but my brot...
It’s only been the last 20 years or so that Austrians could have dual nationality, and Germans are still not permitted.
Priced out of Europe, many American expats are turning to Latin America for a calmer and more affordable way of life.
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