Immigrant

How it is used

Used in official statistics, news and everyday speech: first-generation immigrants, immigrant communities, immigrant workers. From the point of view of the new country you are an immigrant; from your home country's point of view you are an emigrant.

Example sentences

1. My grandparents were immigrants who arrived in Germany in the 1960s.

2. The city has a large immigrant community from Türkiye and the Balkans.

Common collocations

• immigrant community
• first-generation immigrant
• new immigrants
• immigrant workers

Related terms

• immigrationThe act of coming to live in a foreign country, and also the system of laws, offices and checks that controls who may enter and stay.
• emigrateTo leave your own country in order to live permanently in another one.
• migrantA person who moves from one place to another, inside a country or across borders, usually to find work or better living conditions.
• expatShort for expatriate: a person who lives outside their own country, often for work and often for a limited number of years.
• host countryThe country where a migrant, refugee, student or foreign worker lives, as opposed to their home country or country of origin.