Drastic: still more than 1 million Hungarians would emigrate

Around 1.2 million Hungarians plan to emigrate, 41 pc of whom are youngsters. As Index.hu writes, the main reasons are low wages and the politics of the Orbán-government.

Publicus has published the latest representative survey about Hungarian emigration. The research produced shocking results: at least 7 close family members or friends of respondents have migrated already.

Altogether 73 pc of respondents are affected by emigration somehow, with 15 pc of them planning to work abroad, which means an estimated amount of 1.2 million people.

According to the research, there are no significant differences in the tendency to emigrate regarding party preferences, but there are regarding different age groups and education.

59 pc of those personally affected by emigration are lower-educated and have high school diplomas, while this number adds up to 78-81 pc in case of better-qualified groups of people. Concerning age groups, the most affected are clearly younger generations: respondents younger than 45 years reported about having a family member or friend who emigrated, while the same cannot be told of older people. The ratio added up to only 62 pc in the older age group.

As the study found out, 4 out of 10 youngsters are planning to or tend to try their luck abroad, which means an estimated amount of 580,000 emigrants under the age of 30.