E/CN.4/1996/72/Add.3 page 6 Table 1 Categories of foreigners or persons of foreign origin considered by the population resident in France to be most affected by discrimination in hiring (by percentage) Categories discriminated against Men Women Total Total of Arabs, Maghrebis and North Africans 74.1 79.6 76.9 9.5 0.8 13.0 0.4 11.3 0.6 15 11 13 89.5 90.4 89.9 Total of other nationalities or geographical areas 0.6 2.1 1.4 Total of replies, by skin colour: Non-whites, Blacks, persons of colour 5.6 4.4 5.0 Total of replies of a religious nature 0.3 0.4 0.4 Total of replies with pejorative connotations 0.2 0.3 0.3 Algerians Moroccans Total of Black Africans and persons of colour Total of Arabs and Black Africans Weighted total Non-weighted total 7 981 376 474 8 254 347 506 16 235 723 980 Source : National Institute for Demographic Studies (INED). MGIS survey carried out in cooperation with the National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE), 1992. 20. It is thus clear that immigrants from Algeria, other Maghrebi countries (Morocco and Tunisia) and Black Africa experience the greatest discrimination in hiring (see table 1), followed by individuals from Turkey and, to a lesser extent, those from South-East Asia. 21. Other studies confirm this situation and demonstrate that the unemployment level among young Maghrebis and Africans is considerably higher than the average. 4 This is explained by the “suspicious appearance”, which 4 Les étrangers dans le monde du travail”, in 1187 (May 1995), p. 9. Hommes et migrations , No.