Dear MEL
Topic Readers,
Wives
wanted in the Faroe Islands
The Faroe
Islands is an archipelago, about halfway between Norway and Iceland. It is an
autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark. Approximately 50,000 people
live in the 18 major islands and most of them speak only Faroese as a first
language. The climate isn’t so lovely, often windy, wet, cloudy, and cool.
The major
problem of these islands is gender imbalance, especially among the young as
they leave to look for education and employment in more promising places for
their future.
So, unlike other
European countries where anti-immigration sentiments are on the rise, Faroe
Islands are welcoming immigrants who wish to have a new family with Faroese men,
especially from much warmer places in Asia, like Philippines and Thailand. And
they are getting success in creating new families and cultures.
But what sorts
of challenges do those women from totally different climate, culture and
language cope with?
Enjoy reading
and learning about this attempt for survival and revival of the shrinking
community in a northern territory.
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