expatriate workers
Overseas labor force
Expatriate workers are employees living and working outside their home country, typically sent abroad by their employer or recruited internationally.
The term usually implies professional or skilled workers rather than migrant laborers: The oil company employs thousands of expatriate workers in the Gulf states.
Often shortened to expat workers.
Unlike immigrants, expatriates generally intend to return home eventually.
- skilled laborTrained professional work
- remittancesPayments sent abroad
- language barriersCommunication blocks between tongues
- culture shockDisorientation from unfamiliar ways
- homesicknessLonging for one's dwelling
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