In recent days, the European Union, United Nations, and United States have all repeated the need for urgent, unimpeded humanitarian access to those affected by the conflict in northern Ethiopia.
Jutta Urpilainen, EU commissioner for international partnerships, told the European Parliament on Thursday that the situation is “getting dangerously critical.”
According to the U.N., a further 1.3 million people will require aid in the Tigray region, in addition to the almost 1 million in need prior to the conflict, which began in early November.