Quote Originally Posted by latintopxxx View Post
funny how white people refer to themselves as expat and not immigrant or foreigner
I never really thought about it much, but I think you are right.

when I worked abroad in UAE, we were called expat workers, the poor (and poorly treated) workers were called the same.

I always thought about migrant workers as "seasonal workers" that came across the boarder to work and go home (legal or illegally) and immigrants as people who moved to another country with the idea of becoming citizens.

all would be foreigners unless/until they became citizens in my mind.

I would have called retirees who do not seek citizenship as expats.... the article referenced by bkkmf has not really increased my understanding of the "real" definitions.