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Faroes sees a gender deficit of about 2,000 women owing to out-migration. As a result, the Faroese men resort to looking for women from the Philippines and Thailand online.
In 2000, Faroe had only 30 Asian women. By 2018, the estimate went up to 300.
Lena's mom came to the Faroes in 1993, introduced to her husband by her aunt (who's also married to a Faroesian) making her one of the first Asian women on the isles and Lena one of the first mixed-race children.
Growing up, she thought that she was just like all the other Faroese kids. It didn't take long for her to feel isolated and start asking herself "Who are you?". Her father admits that he never thought about her and his wife's struggles to integrate, at least at the beginning: "If somebody hurts them, I get hurt as well".
When Jacobsens come together they use Google Translate to talk to each other, usually mixing English, Faroese and Thai in the process:
When asked about her dating preferences and her thoughts on Thai men, Lena says: "I would like a Faroese man, I think".
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