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i have a question. anyone is welcome to answer, though i'd especially appreciate POVs from immigrants with a visibly different ethnicity from the majority of their country of residence.

i moved from germany to france. no one here can tell i'm from germany until i open my mouth and speak somewhat broken french. should i call myself an immigrant on this platform? i feel like that term implies things about me that aren't necessarily true, but at the same time i do not want to call myself an "expat" because i don't want to put myself above anyone else who came to this country.

i am asking for opinions here, not dictionary definitions.
@flisk I mean, a good chunk of immigrants do as well. You typically need to me middle class and above to be able to leave a country to begin with, not all the time, but hey let's look at the Arab diaspora over here where I live, they like to flash their wealth.

I think expats also don't generally plan to take up a permanent residence. Immigrating seems like a more permanent decision if it isn't motivated by being a refugee.

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