Remittances, standards of living and integration: a study of tamils living in Scandinavian capitals

Status
Completed
Duration
01.05.2012–01.04.2016

The primary objective of the project is to study the remittance practices and their consequences with standard of living and the integration process of Tamils living in Scandinavian capitals, Oslo Copenhagen and Stockholm. 

About the project

Similar numbers of Tamils live at present in Norway and Denmark numbering around 13,000. The population in Sweden is far smaller and estimated to be around 2000 only. At present there are more than 8000 Tamils living in Oslo, representing around two-thirds of all Tamils living in Norway. In Copenhagen, fewer than 500 Tamils live, and Stockholm has around 1000 Tamils. These numbers include the second generation, numbering about one-third of the total population of Tamils. Scandinavian countries, though with many similarities among t hem, do also present certain

Participants

  • Sarvendra Tharmalingam

Funding

Funded by The Research Council of Norway
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