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Prime Minister, your Government must act today to get more peacekeeping troops into the Democratic Republic of Congo.
As we write this letter, a humanitarian catastrophe in eastern DRC is unfolding before our eyes. Hundreds of thousands of people have been forced from their homes by violent clashes. Attacks on civilians are occurring daily. Women and girls are being raped on a horrific scale. The situation is deteriorating every day.
The current peacekeeping troops are overstretched and UN reinforcements will take months to arrive. The EU promised that troops would be available to act in conflicts like this. The UK has a responsibility to ensure this promise is met. The people in eastern DRC cannot wait any longer for protection.
The UK Government has said we must "never again" stand by in the face of wide scale atrocities. Over the past five years some five million people have died in the DRC. Now is the time for your Government to uphold its promise. Swift deployment could save thousands of lives.
Prime Minister, we know you are as appalled as we are by the catastrophe in the DRC. But we also know you have the means to act.
Today is the day to show courageous leadership.
"The shots went right over our heads. The crowd scattered. I knew I had a choice. Run or die. I just needed to get out of there. I had five children. Now I have one."
Francoise, 32, arrived at Kibati camp five days ago. She fled from Kiwanja, which is at the heart of the fighting. She lost her husband and four of her children along the way
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