298.Therepresentative statedthatfollowing therecentincident between Senegal andMauritania, theSenegalese authorities hadtakenallnecessary stepstoensure thesecurity ofallMauritanian refugees inthecountry. Acensus wouldbetaken inallthecampstoprovide refugees withrelevant identity papers. Germany, Fed9ral Republic of 299.TheCommittee considered theninthandtenthperiodic reports oftheFederal Republic ofGerman~' (CERD/C/149/Add,21 andCERD/C/172/Add.13) atits844thand 845thmeetings, heldon16and17August 1989(CERD/C/SR.844 and845). 300.Thereportwasintroduced bytherepresentative oftheStatepartywho,after emphasizing thattheGovernment oftheFederal Republic ofGermany didnotconsider thatithadanyobligation undertheConvention toreport onissuesrelating tothe lawonaliens, informed theCommittee thathisGovernment already supplied information onthesituation ofalienstootherinternational bodiesunderthe International Covenant onCivilandPolitical Rights andthecorresponding international instruments oftheCouncil ofEurope, inparticular, theEuropean SocialCharter, andoftheEuropean Communities. 3Ul.Therepresentative oftheStateparty, however, supplemented theinformation contained inthetenthperiodic reportandprovided additional information onthe legalsituation andlivingconditions offoreign workers inhiscountry. Hesaid that,in1988,somefourandahalfmillion foreigners wereresident intheFederal Republic ofGermany, representing 7,)percentofthetotalpopulation, andthat -59-thegreater partofthe(oreign population wasconcentrated inafewregions ofthe country, whereitoccasionally exceeded 20percentofthepopulation. Healso toldtheCommittee thatalargenumberofGermans orpersons ofGermanoriginwere arriving eachyearfromcountries ofeastern andsouth-eastern Europe. Their arrival inthecountry andtheirintegration oftengaverisetoproblems and conflicts similar tothosepresented bytheintegration offoreigners. Duringthe period 1977-1987, some800,000 Germannationals andper~ons ofCermanorigin, lncluding theirnon-German spouses, hadbeenauthorized tosettleintheFelleral Republic. Thefigures hadbeenrisingconstantly forsometimeandhadreauhed approximately 243,000 in1988and96,000inthefirstsixmonthsof1989. 302.Thepresence ofahighproportion offoreigners inhiscountry was, unfortunately. leading tosomereservations withregardtothem.Thatwaswhyhis Government's ?olicyinregardtoforeigners tendedtofavourtheintegration of workers whohadalready beenlivinginthecountry forsometimeando[their families andtendedtolimit tn~further flowofnewforeign workers intothe Federal Republic andtoencourage voluntary returntothecountry oforigin. In anticipation oftheop~ning ofalargefreeEuropean marketin1992,theFederal Oovernment, incollab·.>rPltion withits;artner ..,~"l.dalready embarked on harmonization ofimp·,J.:tlnl: partsofthelawrelating toforeigners attheEuropean level. Aftergiving adetailed description ofvarious aspects oftherelevant l~,islation, heexplained thattheprocedu:es foracquiring Germancitizenship were thesameasfornaturalization andthatdurlngthepast10yearsthenumberof foreigners whohadacquired Germannationality hadaveraged 14,000 ayear. 303.Heinformed theCOlnmittee thattheaverage annualunemployment ratefor foreign workers hadbeen14.7per ~.tin1988,asagainst theoverall unemployment rateof8.7percent. Hegavedetails ofarrangements toprotect job-seekers from r~cialdiscrimination andoftheav~ilability oflegalaidtoforeigners, with p~rticular reference toaccesstotheservices ofalegaladviser andtranslation andinterpretation costsincourtproceedings. 304.Therepresentative oftheStatepartyprovided additional information oncases wherecompensation hadbeenpaidfordamagerep"1ting fromactsofracial discrimination andontheremedies available :orelgn workers toprotect their rightsintheeventofracialdiscrimination bylocalauthorities andincaseof expulsion. Heemphasized that,undertheprovisions ofarticle 3,paragraph 3,of ~heBasicLaw,everyindividual -andthatalsoapplied toforeigners -was entitled toequality oftreatment beforethelaw.Wheretheproblem ofintegration ofadults w~sconcerned, hesaidthat,sinceitsfoundation in1974,theLanguage ~ssociation forForeign Employees haddealtwith560,000 foreigners andin1988ha'; spentapproximately OM28million onfinancing language courses attended by67,000 pal'ticipants.
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a report from the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) on the ninth and tenth periodic reports of the Federal Republic of Germany. The report discusses the situation of foreigners in Germany, including their integration, employment, and protection from racial discrimination. The text provides detailed information on various aspects of German law and policy related to foreigners, including their rights and remedies.

**Category**
Employment, Humanitarian aid and relief