Germany, E/C.12/DEU/CO/5

12. The Committee expresses concern that persons with a migration background, including those of the second generation, continue to face serious obstacles in the enjoyment of their rights to education and employment, due primarily to prevailing prejudices against them and insufficient awareness of their rights. The Committee is also concerned that relevant policies have failed to achieve significant improvement or have not addressed situations of indirect discrimination. (art. 2(2))
The Committee urges the State party to strengthen efforts to address the issues faced by persons with a migration background in its education, employment and social policies and plans, including by taking concrete measures aimed at helping them assert their rights and by monitoring the enforcement of laws against racial discrimination in the labour market. Moreover, the Committee urges the State party to collect data on the enjoyment of economic, social and cultural rights of these persons, on the basis of self-identification, and, in this regard, draws the attention of the State party to its general comment No. 20 on non-discrimination (2009). The Committee also requests the State party to include in its next periodic report information on the work undertaken by the Federal Government Commissioner for Migration, Refugees and Integration.

35. The Committee requests the State party to include in its next periodic report information on:
(i) children living and working in the street, including statistical data disaggregated by age group and by migration origin, as well as measures taken to address the problem;