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 Tamil pilgrims gathered outside the Kamadchi Amman Temple in Hamm, for a temple festival in 2007. | |
| Total population | |
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| 60,000[1] | |
| Languages | |
| Tamil, German, English | |
| Religion | |
| Hinduism, Christianity, Islam |
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Tamil German or German Tamizhar refer to the German citizens of Tamil ethnic origins mainly from India in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry then Sri Lanka and Malaysia apart from other parts of the world. Tamil migration to Germany which was mainly composed of higher education and labor migrants increased in the late 1980s and onwards mainly due to the escalation of the Sri Lankan Civil War which saw tens of thousands of those belonging to the Tamil community fleeing the country and seeking asylum elsewhere abroad. The Tamil population figures in Germany currently range somewhere between 50,000-60,000.[2] Karin Stoll is the consul general at the German Consulate in Chennai.[3]
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- ^ Tamil Diaspora - Sangam.Org
- ^ "German Consul General, Ms. Karin Stoll". German Missions in India. Federal Foreign Office of Germany. Retrieved December 31, 2020.