Rejected petition Reverse the reduction in aid to Yemen.

We want the government to reverse the cut in aid to Yemen. Last year the UK donated £212 million to support vulnerable Yemeni people, this year the figure will be "at least" £87 million. We would like the amount donated in 2021 to be in the same order of magnitude as that donated in 2020.

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Aid to Yemen will be cut in 2021, with the UK government blaming the financial challengers of the pandemic

The UK donated £214 million in aid to Yemen in 2020, including an emergency donation in Dec 2020. The accompanying press release (available here https://tinyurl.com/ccf9fvck) highlighted the ongoing risk of famine in Yemen. Cutting donations when Yemen is vulnerable to famine and struggling to manage covid-19 is inhumane.

This BBC article provides more info: https://tinyurl.com/34zyur9y

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Date submitted 1 March 2021
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