They call Greenland home - how Southeast Asians are building new lives in the Arctic
Greenland is experiencing a demographic shift as labor shortages attract workers from the Philippines and Thailand. These migrant communities are settling in Arctic cities like Sisimiut to build new lives.
Why it matters
It highlights the intersection of global labor migration and the unique challenges of life in extreme Arctic environments.
Greenland's labour shortages have created an unlikely migration corridor from Southeast Asia. In part two of this series, CNA looks at how Filipinos and Thais have become the island's largest communities.
A migrant from the Philippines poses with a freshly caught fish in front of his daughter by the fjords of Sisimiut, Greenland. (Photo: CNA/Jack Board)
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