To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the findings of the report by Human Trafficking Search State-sponsored Slavery: an North Korean Export, published in 2018, that an estimated 200,000 North Korean state-sponsored workers are used as forced labour in 45 countries.
Answered on
4 April 2019
The UK is aware of the report by Human Trafficking Search and deeply concerned by its findings. North Korea has sent large numbers of workers overseas to earn money for the regime though estimates of the total number vary considerably. We urge all countries to meet their obligations under UNSCR 2397 to repatriate DPRK overseas workers by December 2019. The UK has actively in encouraged all UN member states to submit implementation reports to the UN as part of these obligations and continue to engage with states that host DPRK workers in violation of UN sanctions.