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  • Rakonat@lemmy.world
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    7 hours ago

    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.

    • IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world
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      6 hours ago

      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.

    • theherk@lemmy.world
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      7 hours ago

      Yes, but connotatively it is just a marker of privilege. Especially here, since what we’re talking about is immigration, not temporary work.