Written question asked by Hilary Benn (Labour) on Monday, 28 November 2022, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 30 November 2022. It was answered by Andrew Mitchell (Conservative) on Tuesday, 6 December 2022 on behalf of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.

Tigray: Humanitarian Aid

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the humanitarian situation in Tigray.

Answer: The humanitarian situation in Tigray remains very serious. According to the UN, approximately 5.4 million people require life-saving aid and hundreds of thousands are on the brink of famine. The recent peace agreement between the Government of Ethiopia and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) contained commitments to provide unfettered humanitarian access and the restoration of essential services. We welcome the early signs of progress, but humanitarian delivery needs to scale-up rapidly if it is to meet the desperate needs.

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