Tigray: Overseas Aid

(asked on 11th March 2021) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much and what proportion of the £11.4 million of UK aid to the Tigray region has been distributed; and what assessment he has made of the accessibility of that aid to civilians in Tigray.


Answered by
James Duddridge Portrait
James Duddridge
This question was answered on 19th March 2021

In response to the crisis in Tigray the UK has allocated £15.4m to humanitarian agencies. All funds have been disbursed to partners. We continue to work with the UN to promote and monitor access and the delivery of humanitarian support to all those who need it, including to civilians in contested areas. We do not think that civilians have sufficient access to that aid. I re-enforced the urgency of the need for humanitarian access when I spoke with the Ethiopian Ambassador on 24 February. The Government of Ethiopia must act now to protect its people.

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