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Seems like the perfect day to ask: Muricans, what's your dream country to expatriate to? Non-Muricans, what's the thought on accepting US refugees? (lemmy.world)
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[–] 29 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I went to Norway. Big recommend. That said, I refuse to call myself an expat or use the term expatriate. I am an immigrant. I think it is weird that white westerners get a special word and everybody else are filthy immigrants.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    It's semantics but the difference between expat and immigrants is an expat intends to return to their home country some day, where an immigrant does not.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    it's racism

    if a westerner works with plans to return they are called expat, if it's a non western, they are called migrants labour or foreign workers and are treated like shit.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    To me expat always referred to people that only stay temporarily, mostly sent abroad by the company they work at. As opposed to a migrant that is meaning to stay permanently (and eventually gains citizenship).

    TIL the definition differs regionally (see wiki) and mostly not as I thought it was.

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