Tag: Expat
An expat survival guide to making friends with Germans
[ad_1] Ever since I moved to Germany, most of the people I hang out with are expats just like me. Mostly either Scandinavian or native English speakers: Brits, Americans, Swedes, Egyptians, Norwegians and Danes. German people have only ever made up a modest proportion of my friendship group — somewhere between 0 and 5 percent,…
6 tips for coping with expat stress
[ad_1] Moving away from a familiar environment in hopes of a stable income and professional development isn’t easy. According to VOX EU, 13% of all workers in the EU are foreign-born expats, working in industries such as cleaning (25%) and personal care (14%). While being an expat (or “expatriate”, living outside of one’s native country)…
Is It Time to Dump the Elitist Term Expat?
[ad_1] The majority of expats are white. That said, the term may be extended to well-heeled others – Blacks, Arabs and Asians — who speak English well, and have professional jobs with white friends who include them in their social circles. Africans? Sorry, no. So what, exactly, is the difference between expats, immigrants and migrants?…
An expat survival guide to Denglisch
[ad_1] German language is very important to the Germans – but that doesn’t stop them from borrowing heavily from other languages, most frequently English. For somebody like myself — a native English speaker and a translator — this topic is particularly difficult to write about, as it invokes lots of painful memories which I can…
India ranked 51 in Expat Insider Survey
[ad_1] India ranks among the bottom 10 of the Expat Insider 2021 survey that provides in-depth information on expats’ satisfaction with the quality of life, ease of settling in, working life, personal finance, and the cost of living in their respective country of residence. Coming in 51st place out of 59 countries, the country is…