Letter to my MP on Yemen

Sent via WriteToThem on Monday 1 March 2021.

Dear Ben Spencer,

Your experience on the front line in medicine means you are probably much more able than I to imagine the human impact of the situation in Yemen.

On Sunday OCHA stated that 16 million people will go hungry this year, and nearly 50,000 are already living in famine-like conditions.

How can the UK government throw away its position of leadership on this matter by cutting funding at such a desperate time? I share the urgent concern expressed by Andrew Mitchell this morning.

I would be grateful if you would pass my concerns on to the FCDO.

Yours sincerely,

Andy Balaam

References:

• https://www.independent.co.uk/news/un-warns-of-mass-famine-in-yemen-ahead-of-donor-conference-yemen-un-people-people-rebels-b1808777.html
• https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210228-war-turning-yemen-into-broken-state-beyond-repair-un
• BBC Today Programme 2021-03-01