I creat confusion…. I am expat until they see my passport.
Both?
Technically immigrant but my passport says I’m an expat 😛
Expat in the winter, immigrant in the summer ?
All the comments didn’t understand the post
Immigrant according to this image 🤣🤣
Until I open my mouth everyone thinks I’m Luxemburgish. Perhaps it’s my blue eyes? Usually they are surprised when I tell them I’m from Transilvania, Romania.
I think the difference doesn’t depend on color but on income.
without luxembourgish youre all the same
I dont see homeless there so i cant say
isn’t expat just a synonym for immigrant, except people don’t like being called immigrant to they invented a new word?
I prefer the term legal alien, thank you. 😀
So what am I as luxemburgish Person?
From my limited 3 plus years here all I could say the post is very relevant, it almost seems some times every one is given up on cross integration. In other words I never felt people are truly interested in knowing someone from other regions.
There are great colleagues but far few to generalize and would rather say they are an exception. While people keep pointing at language barrier but for small talk and gestures , I dont see how it would matter.
From my own personal preference, I would like to be in a place where you would know or acquaint with the shop people and neighbours, over time , you feel the place like your home. Luxembourg certainly lacks that aspect for me although there is very high quality of life and ease of living.
I love the joke, but in practical terms we often use “expat” for people that choose to relocate for specific reasons, and “immigrant” for people that move out of desperation.
No judgement whatsoever, just semantic.
It is quite a non-sens since more that 50% of the population is from another country and there are very few real original Luxembourgish anymore.
People making the distinction, are mainly expat or immigrant that now live in Luxembourg and acquired the nationality. It is been a while since I met a real true original Luxembourghish in Luxembourg ! And I’m living in the North !
Can we just please stop using these two terms? These terms are only used by expats/immigrants themselves. I know they are not initially pejorative, but I think using these words is like remembering that you do not fully belong to our community (my oppinion, please correct me if I’m wrong).
In my entourage (mostly luxembourgish, people who grew up here or cross-border commuters), nobody uses these words, nor translations or synonyms of them. I honestly prefer to specify the nationality or the country you come from as it gives a much better idea of what culture or mentality you bring to our multicultural country. You are all welcomed here. All! Don’t let anyone tell you the opposite.
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Does not matter. We’re all House poor.
I creat confusion…. I am expat until they see my passport.
Both?
Technically immigrant but my passport says I’m an expat 😛
Expat in the winter, immigrant in the summer ?
All the comments didn’t understand the post
Immigrant according to this image 🤣🤣
Until I open my mouth everyone thinks I’m Luxemburgish. Perhaps it’s my blue eyes? Usually they are surprised when I tell them I’m from Transilvania, Romania.
I think the difference doesn’t depend on color but on income.
without luxembourgish youre all the same
I dont see homeless there so i cant say
isn’t expat just a synonym for immigrant, except people don’t like being called immigrant to they invented a new word?
I prefer the term legal alien, thank you. 😀
So what am I as luxemburgish Person?
From my limited 3 plus years here all I could say the post is very relevant, it almost seems some times every one is given up on cross integration. In other words I never felt people are truly interested in knowing someone from other regions.
There are great colleagues but far few to generalize and would rather say they are an exception. While people keep pointing at language barrier but for small talk and gestures , I dont see how it would matter.
From my own personal preference, I would like to be in a place where you would know or acquaint with the shop people and neighbours, over time , you feel the place like your home. Luxembourg certainly lacks that aspect for me although there is very high quality of life and ease of living.
I love the joke, but in practical terms we often use “expat” for people that choose to relocate for specific reasons, and “immigrant” for people that move out of desperation.
No judgement whatsoever, just semantic.
It is quite a non-sens since more that 50% of the population is from another country and there are very few real original Luxembourgish anymore.
People making the distinction, are mainly expat or immigrant that now live in Luxembourg and acquired the nationality. It is been a while since I met a real true original Luxembourghish in Luxembourg ! And I’m living in the North !
Can we just please stop using these two terms? These terms are only used by expats/immigrants themselves. I know they are not initially pejorative, but I think using these words is like remembering that you do not fully belong to our community (my oppinion, please correct me if I’m wrong).
In my entourage (mostly luxembourgish, people who grew up here or cross-border commuters), nobody uses these words, nor translations or synonyms of them. I honestly prefer to specify the nationality or the country you come from as it gives a much better idea of what culture or mentality you bring to our multicultural country. You are all welcomed here. All! Don’t let anyone tell you the opposite.
Happy immigrant here
Inbetween expat and immigrant apparently