Hundreds of North Koreans diplomats, businesspeople and other relatively privileged citizens have been stranded overseas for more than three years on account of the DPRK’s pandemic border controls.

And as rumors abound that inbound travel could soon resume, reports suggest that some of these North Koreans might jump ship before they’re recalled by Pyongyang.

The country has faced a self-described “food crisis” during the pandemic and is clamping down even more severely on personal freedoms, giving those outside the country more reason than ever to seek greener pastures.

Earlier this month, a North Korean woman and her son