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Tamils in France refer to the citizens as well as expatriate residents of Tamil origin living in France. Over 100,000 Tamils〔""(History of the Tamil Diaspora by V. Sivasupramaniam )", ''murugan.org''〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=WSWS speaks to Tamil immigrants and refugees in France )〕 from both India and Sri Lanka live in France. This is in addition to the Tamil community established in French overseas dominions of Réunion, Martinique, French Guiana etc. ==History== The earliest Tamil immigration into France can be traced back to since the 17th Century, from the French-administered colony of Puducherry in India. A large number of them hailing from middle-class families who joined the French government on service. The later arrivals were mostly Tamils from Sri Lanka, who fled the country during the violence in 1983 and the Civil War that succeeded it.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Little Jaffna: Asian community corner of Paris, France )〕 Today, there are about 50,000 Sri Lankan Tamils living in France, of which the greatest number live in Paris. The Parisian Tamil community was fairly dispersed and disorderly until 1991, when Paris-based Tamils began to form tightly-knit networks centred in the northern reaches of Rue du Faubourg Saint-Denis. Tamil-owned businesses appeared in great numbers seemingly overnight, while the colorful Chariot Festival, a tribute to the Hindu elephant god Ganesha, has become a popular annual procession eagerly anticipated by thousands of Parisians. There are Tamil newspapers, a radio station, and a website dedicated to Paris' residents. Various social and political organisations supporting the Sri Lankan Tamil cause exist among the Tamil community in France. The Tamils in France were a part of the larger protests by the Tamil diaspora against the Sri Lankan state at the closure of the Sri Lankan civil war in 2009 which was seen as a genocide of the ethnic Tamil people in the island.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Tamils join French May Day protest )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=France: Tamils arrested in protest against Sri Lankan mass killings )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tamils in France」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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