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The Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora refers to the global diaspora of Sri Lankan Tamil origin. It can be said to be a subset of the larger Sri Lankan and Tamil diaspora.. Like other diasporas, Sri Lankan Tamils are scattered and dispersed around the globe, with concentrations in South Africa, United Kingdom, Canada, India, Europe, Australia, United States, Malaysia, Singapore, Seychelles and Mauritius.
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Black July has created another stream of Sri Lankan and Indian Tamils of Sri Lanka refugees in India who have languished for the last 20 years in refugee camps throughout Tamil Nadu while many others have integrated with the mainstream community or left India for other countries in the west.
Sri Lankans make up around 2.5% of the population in the Seychelles where the number is at 2,200. It is said that the first Sri Lankans to reach the Seychelles was in 1967 where 6 fisherman from Sri Lanka came to the Seychelles on a sailing vessel. Today, many Sri Lankans in the Seychelles are working as professionals. [32]
The Sri Lankan Government is the largest employer in the country and the public services are often criticized as overstaffed and inefficient. [ 1 ] Their members are selected by competitive examination and promotions are made by the Public Service Commission .
The New York City and Los Angeles metropolitan areas are home to the largest concentrations of Tamil-speaking Sri Lankan Americans. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] [ 10 ] New York City's Staten Island alone is estimated to be home to more than 5,000 Sri Lankan Americans, [ 11 ] one of the largest Sri Lankan populations outside Sri Lanka itself, [ 12 ] and a ...
Over the next three decades the Sri Lankan civil war became increasingly violent. The civil war came to an end on 18 May 2009 when the Sri Lankan military defeated the LTTE. [12] After the end of the war the UN urged the Sri Lankan government to address "the legitimate concerns and aspirations of the Tamil people". [13]
On 3 September 2012: Ministry of External Affairs, issued a travel advisory to abstain from visiting to Tamil Nadu considering the "increasing instances of intimidation of Sri Lankans visiting Tamil Nadu for tourism, pilgrimages, sporting and cultural activities and professional training" [15] and later lifted on 9 October 2012. [16]