Ilulissat, Greenland ¨C Marinel Garciano dislikes winter, and that¡¯s tough when it lasts nine months in Ilulissat, Greenland. But she has no regrets about leaving the Philippines to give her children opportunities.
Her family is among the roughly 1,200 Filipinos living on the vast Arctic island of 57,000 inhabitants, the largest foreign diaspora in the Danish autonomous territory.
¡°We¡¯re just looking for a greener pasture,¡± smiled the 38-year-old, her eyes stealing a glance outside the window.
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