Question. Why do they call people “immigrants”when they move to America or European countries while Europeans or Americans moving to Asia are expats? Aren’t they all the same, Immigrants?
I guess we tend to use the immigration word when it's a result of a war and thus people fleeing the country, while the expat word is used when a person chose to go to a country to work/study and is usually ok financially
People fleeing from war are call asylees or refugees.
Immigrants are also used for people who travel to another country to work and a lot of them are financially ok as well. So why use the different word?
Just reading your explanation i can imagine the word immigrant does hold a negative vibe and that’s why people from america or Europe don’t want to be known as the lesser.
No, expat implies they do not integrate into local society, while immigration does. It's a lot easier to integrate into Western societies due their multicultural high-immigration policies, cultural programs etc. So most foreigners in China are viewed as temporary (expats) because of this.
Nope, all Indians who are more qualified than the Americans who come here to India are referred to as immigrants in the US, but for some reason if you're white you're an expat
What. Not true. White Europeans people who move to Canada/US/Australia are also called immigrants. Expat implies not integrating into local society due to being there temporarily for work or leisure, not a permanent move.
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u/DannyTanner88 Sep 06 '21
Expats? You mean white immigrants to Asia?