Employers of Ukraine refugees get support by the govt

The government will provide support to employers giving jobs to Ukraine refugees and providing them with long-term shelter and transport opportunities, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said on Sunday.

Szijjártó said on Facebook that employers meeting the above conditions will get a monthly 60,000 forints (€ 160) after each Ukrainian refugee they employ and an additional 12,000 forints after each of their children.

The minister said additional waves of migrants should be expected in the upcoming period.

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“We Hungarians are fully prepared to receive even an increasing number of refugees,” he said.

Work opportunities will be offered to those that plan to stay in Hungary for a lengthy period “because in Hungary we are building a work-based society, which has been a clearly successful undertaking”. Refugees staying in the long term also have a vested interest in having work instead of living from benefits, he added.

This serves the interests of refugees, Hungarians and Hungarian companies alike, Szijjártó said.

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Source: MTI