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Kopfballer t1_ix7tr0s wrote

Expats is the wrong word.

Definition of Expat:

>An expatriate (often shortened to expat) is a person who resides outside their native country.[1] In common usage, the term often refers to educated professionals, skilled workers, or artists taking positions outside their home country, either independently or sent abroad by their employers.

So those poor guys from India and Nepal dying on Qatari construction sites or who serve as slaves, are "educated professionals"?

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kgunnar OP t1_ix7vamx wrote

Common usage or not, It’s technically correct per your own provided definition: “a person who resides outside their native country”. There is a mix of both laborers (lots) and professionals (some) in these countries, so I think it’s applicable. Defining the group simply as migrant laborers would be incorrect.

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