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Coronavirus – every 7th Hungarian has already lost their job in Austria
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The total number of Hungarians who have already lost their job in Austria is 13 thousand, and those who live in Hungary but work in Austria are not included in this. The jobless rate in Austria will rise from 4.4 pc to 6.7 pc, since 170 thousand people have lost their job in one month.
According to G7, most of those who have already lost their jobs in Austria are foreign workers, mostly because they work in the sectors (tourism, catering) that were hit the hardest by the virus. Based on the calculations of the website, 79 pc of the employees are Austrians, but they make up “only” 61 pc of those who lost their jobs now. However, it is important to note that only those are registered in Austria as unemployed who live in the country.
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But out of the 100 thousand Hungarians working in Austria, only 59 thousand live there, while 41 thousand commutes between the two sides of the border regularly. Therefore, the Austrian system does not include them, so they can receive help only from the Hungarian state.