People in Faroe Islands
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FAROE ISLANDS, 2013/11/02
With men outnumbering women by 2,000, the Faroe Islands need to import brides to sustain society, it's been suggested.
Most young Faroese women travel abroad to study, half of them at no time to return to the rugged community of around 48,500 in the North Atlantic, reports Denmark's public DR TV.
It says the problem is most acute part women of childbearing age and quotes former chief economic advisor Hermann Oskarsson warning that the people could fall to 37,000 by 2023. "Can Faroese society survive?" he asks, adding: "There just aren't the young women to raise children."
