Ethiopia: Northern Tigray Region Debate
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Lord Bishop of St Albans
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Ethiopia: Northern Tigray Region
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Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con)
The noble Baroness makes an important point. We too are one of the leading international donors to the country, and I assure her that we are using, in particular, our discussions at the UN in pursuit of that aim.
The Lord Bishop of St Albans [V]
Prior to the conflict, Tigray was a safe haven for Eritrean refugees afraid to return home because of fear of persecution. With Eritrea’s rumoured involvement in the conflict against the TPLF, what assessment have Her Majesty’s Government made of the validity of claims that the Eritrean military are forcing refugees into trucks and abducting them back to Eritrea?