Expat or immigrant?
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...
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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...
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 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...
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...
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...
I’m an immigrant until I return to the country of my birth which I currently have no plans to do.
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’.
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...
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...
Biff: there’s only one verb and it is ‘emigrate’. Depends on the direction I think. As I understand it, you emigrate from somewhere but immigrate to somewhere. Hence why the fo...
Ancient_Mariner: and Germans are still not permitted. They are now, the Gesetz zur Modernisierung des Staatsangehörigkeitsrechts came in almost 2 years ago. France and the UK h...
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...
It’s only been the last 20 years or so that Austrians could have dual nationality, and Germans are still not permitted.
America is the most generous nation on Earth. For centuries, we have opened our doors to millions seeking freedom and opportunity. Legal immigrants who came the right way—learning...
captainendeavour: Dubonnet That’s a word I’ve not seen for a long time…
This is a interesting conversation. Overall, I’d say anyone can refer to themselves as whichever category they choose and what other people call them is really water off a ducks ba...
Alan_Dargie: Sorry about introducing the tomb aspect I suppose it’s the ultimate form of integration
Kris Ramsingh, a Trinidad-born Virginia businessowner, calls birthright citizenship a 'slap in the face' to legal immigrants who worked hard.
Starting a new life comes with new words. This list reveals the essentials every immigrant should know, and a few surprises worth learning.
ESRI migration
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...
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...
When people show up willing to work, with skills and values that fit with the country they're joining, the results speak for themselves.
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