Tigray: Humanitarian Aid

(asked on 16th December 2021) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what estimate she has made of the number of humanitarian aid trucks entering Tigray province in Ethiopia in each of the last 10 weeks.


Answered by
Vicky Ford Portrait
Vicky Ford
This question was answered on 10th January 2022

The delivery of humanitarian assistance into Tigray remains hugely constrained. The de facto blockade of Tigray imposed by the by the Government of Ethiopia since July remains a principal driver of humanitarian suffering across the region. According to the latest available information from the UN, no humanitarian aid trucks entered Tigray during the period 14 December 2021 - 5 January 2022. We assess that in the six weeks prior to this period less than 10 per cent of the required humanitarian cargo was successfully delivered to Tigray.

The UK calls on all warring parties to ensure the unimpeded delivery of humanitarian aid across all regions of northern Ethiopia affected by fighting.

The UK has committed £76 million to the crises response - making the UK the second largest donor globally. FCDO officials speak regularly with representatives from the UN and other humanitarian agencies on contingency planning for an increase in needs inside Ethiopia as well as for further displacement of refugees into neighbouring states. Our priority is to ensure that all Ethiopians in need receive life-saving aid and that humanitarian access to areas affected by insecurity is maintained. I raised my concerns with State Minister Redwan in November and Justice Minister Gedion in December, and pushed for an end to the blockade.

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