Asked by: Lord Alton of Liverpool (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of people who have died as a consequence of the war in Tigray as a result of (1) fatalities in the conflict, (2) displacement, and (3) illness and hunger caused by the conflict.
Answered by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
Reliable information on casualties caused by the conflict in Tigray is very scarce. Armed violence is likely to have cased thousands of battlefield casualties. Calculating deaths attributable to displacement, hunger and illness is more challenging. This is due to the breakdown in medical and communications services in Tigray during the conflict, exacerbated by the negligible levels of humanitarian access all of which hampered information gathering and accurate reporting.
Jul. 17 2023
Source Page: FCDO annual report and accounts 2022 to 2023Found: Agreed joint development with Australia and the US of a conventionally-armed, nuclear-powered submarine
Jul. 13 2023
Source Page: Human Rights and Democracy Report 2022Found: The Ethiopian government cut off communications in Tigray and parts of Amhara, Afar and Oromia, for
Report May. 26 2023
Committee: International Development Committee (Department: Department for International Development)Found: Many refugees will be traumatised by violence and conflict in their homeland and may have experienced
Mentions:
1: Sarah Champion (LAB - Rotherham) insecurity has worsened due to covid-19, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, inflation, extreme weather and armed - Speech Link
2: Hilary Benn (LAB - Leeds Central) Even during the Syria conflict, Lebanon’s population increased by 25%. - Speech Link
3: Lyn Brown (LAB - West Ham) In Tigray, although humanitarian access has significantly improved, it remains limited in more outlying - Speech Link
4: Leo Docherty (CON - Aldershot) The war in Tigray, the threat of al-Shabaab in Somalia and the deadly ongoing violence in South Sudan - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Andrew Mitchell (CON - Sutton Coldfield) The violence broke out between the Sudanese armed forces, the SAF, and the Rapid Support Forces, the - Speech Link
2: James Duddridge (CON - Rochford and Southend East) They could easily be closed off and be a problem, in addition to the problems in Tigray, Ethiopia and - Speech Link
3: Andrew Mitchell (CON - Sutton Coldfield) What he says about drought and conflict is right. - Speech Link
4: Andrew Mitchell (CON - Sutton Coldfield) the conflict stopping. - Speech Link
Found: Ethiopia Millions of people remain in need of food assistance in the northern regions of Tigray,
Feb. 24 2023
Source Page: UK Women, Peace and Security National Action Plan 2023-2027. Incl. annex. 52p.Found: From increasing female recruitment in the British Armed Forces and our negotiating teams, to working
Feb. 23 2023
Source Page: UK women, peace and security national action plan 2023 to 2027Found: From increasing female recruitment in the British Armed Forces and our negotiating teams, to working
Mentions:
1: Gareth Thomas (LAB - Harrow West) The protracted nature of the conflict, the significant threat of exposure to violence and the many other - Speech Link
2: Steven Bonnar (SNP - Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill) in Ukraine, in Palestine, in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, in Tigray, in Afghanistan, in Myanmar - Speech Link
3: Steven Bonnar (SNP - Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill) He makes an excellent point.The cuts to conflict resolution projects come at a time when the world has - Speech Link
4: Lyn Brown (LAB - West Ham) African countries experience climate disaster, poverty, child malnutrition and conflict, but they were - Speech Link