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minus-squarepuppy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·8 months ago Source: expat in Germany. Is this the same as a migrant?
minus-squareloobkoob@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down2·8 months agoYes, as long as they’re also white and middle/upper class!
minus-squaretormeh@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down2·8 months agoNo, the way it’s often used is closer to “posh guest worker”.
minus-squarepuppy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoMigrant implies the non permanent kind because a permanent migrant is referred to as an “immigrant”. What’s the technical difference between a migrant and an expat?
minus-squareSkelectus@suppo.filinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·edit-28 months agoI believe the difference is that an expat moved there non-permanently, while an immigrant moved there permanently Though if I ever somehow became an expat, I wouldn’t use the word because of how people associate it.
minus-squarepuppy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoImmigrant = Someone who has moved to another country permanently. Migrant = Someone who has moved to another country temporarily. Expat is often used by western migrants who don’t like the word “migrant”. I take issue with it because people classify an Indian doctor moved to the US as a migrant but an American doctor eho has moved to Europe is an expat.
Is this the same as a migrant?
Yes, as long as they’re also white and middle/upper class!
No, the way it’s often used is closer to “posh guest worker”.
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Migrant implies the non permanent kind because a permanent migrant is referred to as an “immigrant”.
What’s the technical difference between a migrant and an expat?
I believe the difference is that an expat moved there non-permanently, while an immigrant moved there permanently
Though if I ever somehow became an expat, I wouldn’t use the word because of how people associate it.
Immigrant = Someone who has moved to another country permanently. Migrant = Someone who has moved to another country temporarily.
Expat is often used by western migrants who don’t like the word “migrant”.
I take issue with it because people classify an Indian doctor moved to the US as a migrant but an American doctor eho has moved to Europe is an expat.