The aggregation centres usually fall within 11 categories: help and counselling centres for immigrants, Italian language courses for foreigners, places of worship, healthcare centres, cultural centres, phone/money transfer centres, public offices (police stations, town halls, etc)., ethnic restaurants/bars, ethnic shopping centres, other (train stations, etc).
When global prices for the country's cocoa, coffee and cotton fell in the 1990s, the economy soured and so did Ivorians' feelings about the foreigners' place here.
It has suffered losses (now and in the past) because its currency has strengthened, a reflection of the confidence foreigners place in it.
Nevertheless, xenophobic incidents, along with substantial political conflict, have been associated with the residence of "foreigners" in places that were once more ethnically homogeneous.
Rather than criticizing the government directly, Mr. Rodríguez and other independent reporters focus on social issues, like the shortage of fresh milk for children and the double standard Mr. Castro has created by promoting a tourist industry for foreigners in places where Cubans are barred.
While some of his Syrian friends have joined the ranks of the Islamic State, many of the fighters who walk the streets and control Maskanah, he says, are foreigners from places like North Africa, Saudi Arabia and Europe.
Under the legislation, the Turkish courts rendered Turkish citizens of non-Turkish descent as "foreigners", thereby placing them under the same legal regulations of any foreign company or property holder living outside of Turkey who was not a Turkish national.
Once branded as enemies of the people, foreigners were placed on a pedestal in the 1980s, when Beijing was eager to court Western expertise and capital.
Later came campaigns against the once mandatory fingerprinting of foreign residents in Japan, and a campaign to end discrimination against foreigners in public places in the country, especially hot baths, where a Japanese-only policy remains in some places.
But that is little comfort to foreigners, especially in places that cherish citizens' privacy and worry about excessive American power.
Foreigners from troubled places take solace in at least having planes and terminals better than those in the United States.
