However, since 2006, the number of Filipinos has doubled and - together with Thais - they number 200, overwhelmingly women. This makes them two of the islands' largest foreign communities. The town of Klaksvik ( pop. 4,585 ) has 15 Asian women. Teacher Bjarni Ziska Dahl married a Filipina in 2010, and his brother Heini and several friends followed suit. "We need these people," Bjarni tells the reporter, adding: "She also comes from a large island community, and we look at many things the same way." His wife, Che, adds: "The close family ties are the same in the Philippines, and life is not too complicated - just like back home."