You asked:
Please can you provide;
How many citizens from North Korea moved to the UK?
Which area did they move to and under what circumstances?
Please provide information for the years 2014, 2015 and 2016.
We said:
Thank you for your enquiry about North Korean people moving to the UK
Firstly, we do not hold any flows data for the number of North Koreans moving to the UK in 2016, 2015, or 2014. This is because there are no recorded instances of long-term North Korean migrants entering the UK for these years in the Long-Term International Migration (LTIM) or the International Passenger Survey (IPS) datasets.
On the other hand, the Population by Country of Birth and Nationality underlying datasheets will give you an estimate for the number of North Koreans living in the UK. The latest release was published on 25 August 2016 and covers the period for 2015. Data covering 2016 is not yet available but is expected for release on 25 August 2017 (provisional). Please note, we collect data on the country of birth and nationality of the UK population from the Annual Population Survey (APS). The APS is the Labour Force Survey (LFS) plus various sample boosts. It is a household survey and so does not include people living in most types of communal establishment.
Download the datasets for 2015 and 2014 from the Population by Country of Birth and Nationality underlying datasheets, open the files and you will find estimates for North Korean residents by country of birth (Tables A-D) and nationality (Tables E-H) along rows 141 and 115, respectively. However, please bear in mind that due to a limited sample size of North Koreans and the policy of rounding estimates, you will not find a detailed breakdown for this population across all local authorities or regions.
Please note: Estimates within the tables are provided alongside 95% confidence intervals to indicate the reliability of the estimate. These confidence intervals provide a range (by adding to, and subtracting from, the estimate) in which the true value is likely to lie. There is a 95% probability that the true figure lies within this range. Users should be cautious when making inferences from estimates with large confidence intervals. If the confidence interval is higher than the estimate, it is not considered reliable for practical purposes.
Further information on the APS is available in the "Contents and Notes" section located within the spreadsheets.
I hope this answers your questions. If you need any further information please contact pop.info@ons.gov.uk