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At least 13 more Tamils have been granted citizenship since.

From BBC • Sep. 24, 2025

Also, "what these digs testify is to the existence of a distinctly sophisticated style of civilisation," notes Nirmala Lakshman, author of The Tamils - A Portrait of a Community.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2025

Tamils have described their time on the island as like living in "hell".

From BBC • Dec. 16, 2024

The BBC gained unprecedented access earlier this year to Diego Garcia and the migrant camp there, where the Tamils were housed in groups in military tents, some of which had leaks and rats nesting inside.

From BBC • Dec. 2, 2024

The evidence points to their having been a race distinct from the Tamils.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" by Various