Asian guest workers flood Hungary but Chinese, Korean plants may never start operation
Hundreds of thousands of Hungarians work in Western European countries for higher wages. Therefore, 60-80 thousand people are missing from Hungary’s labour market. As a result, the government made it easy to import Asian workforce to Hungary, but the Chinese plants those people come to may never start operation due to the significant problems of the Hungarian State Railways (MÁV). Meanwhile, the liberal leadership of Budapest seems to veto the employment of Phillippine bus drivers in the capital.
Guest workers coming to Hungary in large numbers
According to a Philippine newspaper, Hungary is “opening its doors to more than 6,000 factory and skilled workers in the Philippines”. That comes after almost 4 thousand Filipino workers came to Hungary in 2022. According to G7, the Hungarian government granted a shortcut for the employment of Filipino workers and protection for them. During the summer, news appeared about the planned employment of 10 thousand Phillippine workers.
Before, the Hungarian government was negotiating with Vietnam about attracting local workers to Hungary. The new workforce is needed for the new battery manufacturing plants the Chinese and South Koreans plan to build. The government supports that scheme because it believes the future lies in the e-cars, and despite an almost decade-long anti-migration campaign, they help foreigners to come to Hungary to work. Only the new CATL plant in Debrecen will need 9,000 employees from the beginning of 2025.
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Hungarian state railway network unsuitable for such capacities
However, there might be a problem with the new battery plants. According to hvg.hu, the Hungarian railway infrastructure did not follow the grandiose development plans. In contrast, MÁV’s railway network has been deteriorating for decades. That is why the government ordered the rapid renovation of a segment of the Vienna-Budapest line. However, all lines are devastated and overcrowded, so the new plants will not be able to transport goods easily. When the government attracted the investments to Hungary, that viewpoint was mitigated, but now it emerges with an overwhelming power.
Transport is essential for such investments. The raw material comes from Koper, Triest, Rijeka, Hamburg or Ukraine, while the products would also leave Hungary on the train. However, the Belgrade-Budapest train line project stopped because the Chinese and Hungarian companies could not build it properly, following the EU’s directives. Moreover, due to soaring inflation, costs grew sky-high, and the budget is empty. Therefore, the Chinese are worried about how they will transport goods. As a result, PM Orbán travels to Beijing to settle things with Xi Jinping.
Not everybody is happy because of the guest workers coming from Asia. RTL Klub asked locals in Hajdúszoboszló who said they were afraid of the Asian people, and the guest workers told the news outlet the same. Meanwhile, Arriva Bus, a German subcontractor providing drivers for Budapest’s transport company, BKV, said they would like to employ 20 Phillippines from 2024. However, the leadership of Budapest became outraged, and Deputy Mayor Ambrus Kiss said they would not allow the employment of Far Eastern drivers because allowing communication between the drivers and their passengers is crucial.
“Guest” workers. Yeah, right. They’re new Hungarian citizens in a few years. They, and their extended families, and their friends and their extended families. The 2032 census is going to yield very different results than last year’s.
Hungarians – go spend a day, in the Hungarian Immigration Department office in Budafoki.
We have had the need over 5 years to make (18) eighteen visits to this facility, in regards to our Permit of Residency.
We are Australians, who are “self funded” retirees – of no need tax payers money of Hungary, the Hungarian Government – to in ANY form financially support our Residency in Hungary.
Every (2) two years we have to apply for a new (2) two year Residency to live in Hungary.
Not speaking, writing Hungarian – is the REASON, we have to take this procedure of application, to stay and live in Hungary.
Our applications are un-changed – our status are un-changed – they are a replication every (2) two years we apply, but what we ENDURE undergo are subjected to by a process of INVESTIGATION by the Hungarian Immigration Department – is INSULTING, and gives us a deep feeling of HURT a defaming of our characters, which center on that WE are law abiding good honest Human beings.
The past (3) weeks, and we have used this platform, to FACTUALLY express our experiences, dealing with the Hungarian Immigration Department, that in the facility in Budafoki, the walls are being literally expanded, by Asians seeking to COME into Budapest, Hungary – mindboggling.
Numbers of applicants, that see them out the main entrance door onto the pavement / utca – horrendous astounding.
Over the course of (5) five years – reminding readers YET again visit numbers (18) to the Budafoki office, of the Hungarian Immigration Department, it would be correct to comment, that 88% of the “crowded” numbers we have sat amongst have been Asian, dominated by the people from China.
We know, seen in our life-time, in Melbourne, Australia, the largest city now in Australia to Sydney – Districts TRANSFORMED by Asian/Chinese migrants – taken over, the Australians of the past – pushed out or bought out, that these Districts become GHETTO’S.
Hungary, the citizens of Hungary, you have in the past ALLOWED this infiltration into your country, and YOU continue to SEE and allow – the FLOOD that is FACTUALLY happening as I write.
Short, Medium and LONG term – it will horrendously DAMAGE you Hungary as a country.
This commentary is SHARED submitted communicating FACT – FACT that is TRUTH the whole Truth and nothing but the TRUTH.
The question Hungarians are asking themselves is what benefit these battery plants provide when the employees are all imported while the environmental degradation will be happening in their local areas. Megalomanic projects with complete disregard for the local population is the modus operandi for dictatorships around the world. There must be other benefits motivating Orban for these projects that are hidden by the secret contracts Fidesz signs and that is for kickbacks to line their pockets.
it is advisable to every commenter to help his local government/community by having stable family, with not less than 2 children, and stay addiction free, Now talking from reality prospect, this not gonna happen neither in Hungary nor in EU. So, importing of skilled migrants is a must solution from social and economical prospects. Many other nation tried to avoid this and they couldn’t.