Sri Lankans in Germany
For Sri Lankans in Germany , also called Srilankischdeutsche , is German with origins in Sri Lanka . They themselves or their ancestors immigrated to Germany from Sri Lanka. According to the Federal Statistical Office , 25,900 Sri Lankan citizens live in Germany (as of December 31, 2017). Most Sri Lankans have come to Germany as Tamil civil war refugees since 1983 . The largest Sri Lankan Tamil community in Germany is in Dortmund .
Famous Sri Lankan Germans
- Senthuran Varatharajah (* 1984), writer
- Ahmed Waseem Razeek (* 1994), football player