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Leaving means losing the reflex to ask.

Who do you ask which school takes children mid-year? Where do you find smoked fish, a hairdresser who knows your hair, someone who filled in that residence form last year?

Those answers exist. They sit with people who have been through it, often less than three kilometres away, and nothing lets you cross paths with them.

That is exactly what Compatri is for: giving a neighbourhood back to those who left theirs behind.

Our principles

Real people

Every member goes through identity verification. Diasporas are prime targets for scams; a network that verifies nobody becomes a hunting ground.

Your location is yours

We never publish where you actually live. Others see a deliberately offset point, and you can opt out of proximity search entirely.

The service lives on subscriptions

Neither your origins, your movements nor your messages are sold on. A network that monetises its members' belonging works against them.

The community arbitrates

Long-standing members report and decide. They know the codes — not a remote moderation team.

Someone from home lives closer than you think.

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