* concerned at the riots in Rostock-Lichtenhagen and other cities;

* whereas the willingness to receive asylum-seekers has varied greatly throughout the Community and whereas Germany is bearing by far the heaviest burden;

* extremely concerned at the wave of xenophobic violence throughout Europe;

* condemns the violence against asylum-seekers, foreigners and the police force of Rostock-Lichtenhagen and declare that violence must never become an instrument in a democracy;

* calls upon the Länder of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Brandenburg and other Länder to take concrete measures to uphold the law and guarantee order and the safety of asylum-seekers;

* calls on FRG Government and the Bundestag to give legal, financial and personal assistance to the Länder;

* repeats its demand for a common policy on asylum, immigration and refugees and calls for the debate on any reform of the right in Germany to reflect a European outlook;

* calls for a campaign againsy xenophobia;

* welcomes the vigorous response of German social and political forces to these violent incidents and calls on the German authorities to draw up, as a matter of urgency, a list of immediate measures to put an end to the wave of xenophobic violence.