Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora" in English language version.
According to HRW, there are about 120,000 Sri Lankan Tamils in the UK.
Since the escalation of the Sinhalese-Tamil conflict in Sri Lanka during the 1980s, about 60,000 came as asylum seekers.
An estimated 35,000 Tamils now live in Switzerland.
Around 125,000 Tamils are estimated to be living in France. Of them, around 50,000 are Eezham Tamils (Sri Lankan Tamils).
It is estimated that there are about 10,000 Sri Lankan Tamils in Norway -- 6,000 of them Norwegian citizens, many of whom migrated to Norway in the 1960s and the 1970s to work on its fishing fleet; and 4,000 post-1983 political refugees.
Since the escalation of the Sinhalese-Tamil conflict in Sri Lanka during the 1980s, about 60,000 came as asylum seekers.
An estimated 35,000 Tamils now live in Switzerland.
