Report May. 26 2023
Committee: International Development Committee (Department: Department for International Development)Found: 7 Syrian refugee crisis response 7 Refugee needs 8 Resilience 8 2 Jordan 10 Background 10 Refugee situation
Asked by: Baroness Kennedy of Cradley (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government what recent assessment they have made of the situation in Tigray.
Answered by Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
We welcome the recent agreement between the Ethiopian Government and the Tigray People's Liberation Front to end the conflict in northern Ethiopia. The agreement provides for unfettered humanitarian access and for the resumption of essential basic services. 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.
Asked by: David Davis (Conservative - Haltemprice and Howden)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 6 May 2020 to Question 8948 on Tigray: Humanitarian Situation, how many people were extradited from the US to the UK for (a) violent and (b) non-violent crimes in each year since 2018.
Answered by Tom Tugendhat - Minister of State (Home Office) (Security)
Year | Total number extradited | Total number extradited for non-violent offences | Total number extradited for violent offences |
2018 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
2019 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
2020 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
2021 | 7 | 2 | 5 |
2022 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
2023* | 3 | 1 | 2 |
* Figures until 24 February 2023
For the above table, we have taken non-violent offences to include:
These figures provide updates on previously published statistics for 2018. All figures are from local management information and have not been quality assured to the level of published National Statistics. As such they should be treated as provisional and therefore subject to change. The figures do not include Scotland, which deals with its own extradition cases.
Found: C onflict and insecurity have also contributed to the humanitarian situation, both from localised violence
Jan. 20 2023
Source Page: UK announces support to Ethiopian drought and conflict-affected regionsFound: Funding will support people facing the drastic impacts of drought and conflict across Ethiopia including Tigray
Mentions:
1: Christopher Chope (CON - Christchurch) He was previously a senior figure in the Tigray People’s Liberation Front. - Speech Link
2: Preet Kaur Gill (LAB - Birmingham, Edgbaston) More than 339 million people are now in need of direct humanitarian assistance, and in those countries - Speech Link
Correspondence Jan. 09 2023
Committee: International Development Committee (Department: Department for International Development)Found: I share the IDC’s concerns about the harrowing humanitarian situation and hunger crisis across the region
Mentions:
1: Lord Morris of Aberavon (LAB - Life peer) member had to act without the approval of the Security Council, as in the case of Kosovo, to avoid a humanitarian - Speech Link
2: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (CON - Life peer) veto is used sensitively, but sometimes there are occasions where we need to act decisively to prevent humanitarian - Speech Link
3: Lord Alton of Liverpool (CB - Life peer) some of these questions, not least in the aftermath of war crimes in Ukraine, and what has happened in Tigray - Speech Link
4: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (CON - Life peer) outgoing and new members of the Security Council to establish their priorities, the current penholding situation - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (CON - Life peer) We welcome the peace agreement between the Ethiopian Government and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front - Speech Link
2: Lord Browne of Ladyton (LAB - Life peer) aid enters Tigray and civilian detainees are released. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb (GRN - Life peer) Now the World Health Organization says that it does not have access to all areas in Tigray. - Speech Link
4: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (CON - Life peer) region, including parts of Tigray. - Speech Link
5: Baroness Sugg (CON - Life peer) My Lords, further to my noble friend’s comments on the dire humanitarian situation, I say that we believe - Speech Link
Report May. 01 2024
Committee: International Development Committee (Department: Department for International Development)Found: spend, where we put aside £1 billion for 2024/25, we use an estimate because we do not know what humanitarian