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NicolajN at 2024-03-17 10:05:33+00:00 ID:
kv9f7xfWhat on earth are you talking about?!
An immigrant is someone who migrates to a new country permanently (DDO, Webster)
An expat relocates to a country temporarily for work
The-red-Dane at 2024-03-17 10:58:02+00:00 ID:
kv9jkmjthe term expatriate describes someone who does not live in their own country.
British people just don't like being called migrants, so they invent another term that means the same thing. Lots of so called 'immigrants', and refugees want to eventually return home. But for some reason we don't call Ukrainians, Iraqis, etc 'expatriates'.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/expatriate
Intransitive verb: to leave one's native country to live elsewhere
Noun: a person who lives in a foreign country.
NicolajN at 2024-03-17 11:39:27+00:00 ID:
kv9n8m4Yes, you copied nicely. But read the definition carefully. Expat does not need to leave their home country permanently, whereas that is a requirement for immigrants.
And with the British colonies, officers were offered to relocate to the crown colonies temporarily.
I was an expat in Hong Kong for 8 years and an expat in Australia for a year, but since I moved back home i didn't immigrate to those countries.
The-red-Dane at 2024-03-17 11:51:21+00:00 ID:
kv9odn6In that case, then you cannot call someone an immigrant until after they have died, since you do not know if they might return to their native country.
No wherr under expat or expatriate does it say there must be an intent to return. IN FACT some of the examples used for expatriates in Merriam Webster are people who have left their home countries permanently.
You migrated to Hong Kong, and then you migrated to Australia, before returning home.
It really is funny how you people just do not want to have that label, even though it fits.