‘It's enough already’: Trump’s Greenland push leaves Southeast Asian migrants fearing for their future
Southeast Asian migrants in Greenland are expressing anxiety over their future as U.S. President Donald Trump renews his interest in acquiring the territory. Residents fear that potential U.S. control could disrupt their lives and the island's current political stability.
Why it matters
This highlights the human impact of geopolitical territorial disputes on vulnerable migrant populations in remote regions.
As United States President Donald Trump seeks control of Greenland, the island’s growing Southeast Asian migrant community faces uncertainty. In part one of this series, CNA looks at how Filipino and Thai migrants are responding.
Filipino GP Dupitas poses with a hunted reindeer in Nuuk, Greenland's capital, in June 2026. (Photo: CNA/Jack Board)
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