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Stumbled upon this from another community, do you agree? (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2015/mar/13/white-people-expats-immigrants-migration

There is definitely a distinction between expatriate and immigrant, but I have very very rarely seen it used properly. As the previous poster wrote, it really does feel like the main difference between an expat and an immigrant, colloquially, is the color of skin.