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Expats are going away from your country, while immigrants come into it, I guess? It depends on the observer's location, obviously.
by classified 6mo ago
Expats are going away from your country, while immigrants come into it, I guess? It depends on the observer's location, obviously.
- fnoff 6mo agoThe opposite of an immigrant is an emigrant (though that does depends on the observer's location). I think expat assumes a temporary stay outside the country, where immigration/emigration is maybe considered permanent? I also think expat generally indicate a higher educated job, so do feel like it is a way to distinguish themselves from other forms of migration.
- CaninoDev 6mo agoI have always thought that expat refers to those who maintain their citizenship of country of origin (an American citizen living in Spain) and an immigrant is someone who is either a citizen of the destination country or on the path to become one.
- ilya_m 6mo agoYour definition of an expat matches undocumented immigrants from Latin America to the US perfectly, and yet somehow the word is never used in that context.