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<p>Our Special Envoy found growing risk of famine, primarily due to the conduct of
the conflict. Last week, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification assessment
estimated that 353,000 people are facing famine like conditions. The situation is
extremely grave.</p><p>Last Wednesday I urged the international community to join
our call for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire. This call was echoed in the G7 Summit
Communique. Yesterday, I announced the UK will reprioritise £16.7m to the crisis in
Tigray. This is on top of the existing £27m in 2020-21 already directed to the response,
and an additional £4m allocated to support nutrition and vaccinations in Tigray. This
brings UK total funding to support response to the crisis to £47.7m.</p><p> </p>
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