Reverse the reduction in aid to Yemen.

Rejected 10 signatures

What the petition asks

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.

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

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

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Timeline

1 Mar 2021	Petition opened for signatures
9 Mar 2021	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 10

Status Rejected

Rejected 9 Mar 2021

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