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<p>The British Government is committed to combating anti-Semitism wherever it is found
and supports the efforts of EU partners to tackle racism in all its forms.</p><p>The
November 2013 report of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), indicated
that two-thirds of people identifying themselves as Jewish across eight EU Member
States considered anti-Semitism to be a problem in their country. As current Chair
of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA), the UK will be discussing
this issue at the IHRA's Plenary Meetings in Manchester in December.</p><p>The Foreign
and Commonwealth Office also works very closely with the UK Member of the European
Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI), which provides expert advice on
tackling anti-Semitism to other EU Member States.</p><p>The British Government will
be represented at a senior level at the tenth anniversary of the Organization for
Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Conference and Declaration on Anti-Semitism,
being held in Berlin on 13 November.</p>
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