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Defining the difference between expats and immigrants
Stereotyping of foreigners happens whether one likes it or not, but is there a real difference between expats and immigrants over and above their duration of stay?
The - offensive to many – stereotyping of expats as white, middle class and wealthy as against literally every other non-permanent resident of any world country is a...
Fouchet urges Europeans to rally against Brexit
Bordeaux lawyer Julian Fouchet has launched a campaign urging Europeans who don’t want Britain to leave the EU to join in making their voices heard.
Mr Fouchet is also the lead barrister for the Shindler case, started in the belief that the Brexit referendum was illegal as older Britons in Europe were disallowed from voting on an issue...
Shenzhen now world number one for tech innovations
Graduates and expat innovators are flocking to Shenzhen for its growing reputation as China’s hub of tech innovation.
Beijing is way ahead when it comes to top-flight universities, but graduates from all over China and the West are choosing Shenzhen as the place to float their innovative ideas. The city’s companies file more...
Netherlands has the highest number of job vacancies ever
According to Statistics Netherlands, this summer is seeing an all-time high in the number of open job vacancies.
Numbers of open job vacancies in the Netherlands have been rising for five years to date, with the massive increase of 16,000 in this year’s second quarter breaking the previous record set in 2007. At the end of June this...
Financial necessities for expat students at foreign universities
Expatriation isn’t always for work-related reasons or retirement, as increasing numbers of graduate students are choosing to study for their degrees at overseas universities.
For the student generation, three or more years spent at a foreign university is an exciting project as well as a scary one, but a degree obtained under those...
Asian cities including Beijing becoming unaffordable for expats
Due to short supply and rising demand, rentals in China’s major cities are heading for the skies.
Increases in apartment rental charges in major Chinese cities including Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Guangzhou are happening month by month, causing concern in China’s expat communities. The rise in demand by college graduates is being...
Top tech talent needed for unique Estonian government project
The tiny Baltic country of Estonia and its small population of 1.3 million are off the radar for the majority of expat professionals.
The vast majority of expat professionals seeking a new, exciting job may not even have heard of Estonia, much less decided on it as a desirable expatriate location, but a select few in the tech sector may...
All UK expats in Thailand urged to get private health insurance
The British Embassy in Thailand is urging all UK expats living in the Southeast Asian country to make certain they have private health insurance.
Resident expats are being told to make certain they have private health insurance, and tourists are being urged to get full-cover travel insurance before they arrive in Thailand. The warning was...
Further sterling fall causing hardship for Brit retirees in Spain
British pensioners living in Spain on the UK state pension have lost some 20 per cent of its purchasing power due to the Brexit referendum.
Vice President of Brexpats in Spain Richard Hill quantified the loss caused by plummeting exchange rates as set against increasing living costs and higher taxes, saying the significant loss of income...
Brit expat havens across the world
For Brits yearning to live anywhere but in the UK, there’s a good choice of locations.
Moving overseas isn’t an easy decision but, as the cost of living soars and the notorious British weather gets even more unpredictable, a place in the sun seems irresistible. Some 5.5 million Britons are living permanently overseas, with several...
