Two Filipino guest workers have filed lawsuits against the National Directorate-General for Aliens Policing (OIF) after the agency launched deportation proceedings against them. The cases have drawn widespread attention, as one of the women is married to a Hungarian man and recently gave birth to their child, while the other is pregnant.
Facing separation from her family
The first woman arrived in Hungary two years ago as a guest worker. Last year, she got married, and her child was born recently. Despite this, this July she received a deportation notice from the OIF: she must leave the country within 30 days. Should she fail to comply, she faces forced deportation, even though she now has a Hungarian family.
The price of pregnancy: Residency revoked
The second woman’s case is equally alarming. After informing her employer that she was pregnant, she was told she would be placed on medical leave. That triggered the deportation process: her residency permit was revoked, and a formal expulsion decision followed, according to 24.hu.
The cost of a legal loophole: Work or nothing
Hungarian law grants guest workers residency specifically for the purpose of “performing actual work”. If an employer reports that the worker is unable to work due to illness, injury, or childbirth, a legal process may be initiated that can lead to deportation, Telex reports. This typically begins with the revocation of the residency permit, followed by expulsion.
Not isolated incidents
The OIF has confirmed that two lawsuits are currently pending, both initiated by Filipino nationals. One challenges the withdrawal of a residency permit; the other, the legality of a deportation order. Both cases are based on the same regulations, which could affect many guest workers, especially those temporarily unable to work.
Thousands could be affected
Official data shows that nearly 12,500 Filipino nationals currently hold valid Hungarian work-based residency permits. It remains to be seen how many more could find themselves in similar circumstances if the law remains unchanged.
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What happened to “Family Friendly Hungary” and protection of children? The reality is that its’ all propaganda by Fidesz. Magyar Peter is trying to bring to public attention the terrible conditions for children in the orphanages and Fidesz fights tooth and nail to prevent Hungarians from knowing what is going on. This is Orbanistan which is turning itself into a copy of Russia.
The same BS happens here in the US. Non Americans enter just to get married and have kids so they can stay. You want to stay in any country you need to become a citizen. No short cuts.
Children have birthright citizenship and Fidesz is violating that. Fidesz brought Filipinos to Hungary. They came by invitation and not by illegal means. Are people that naive to believe that there would be no intermingling with native Hungarians? Is the government going to separate parents from their baby children? What kind of government does that? In what way does that help families? The whole guest worker system is built for exploitation with no recognition of the humanity of these workers.
Children DONT have birthright citizenship. That abomination is a US exclusive scourge on the natural order of things.
The child’s citizenship claim comes from he havimg a Humgarian father. And if the people involved were to ask it, 100% it would be granted.
The mother was informed, that she needs to leave in this case. She did it fully knowing that. She can go back to the Philippiens, and ask for a different visa, which obviously will be granted, because she has a Hungarian man.
It’s not hard. Just leave, and enter again on a different basis. What is so hard about that?
Did you even take the time to read the article ? the Philippine girl has Hungarian husband (poor girl!) and even after having an Hungarian baby (yes, the baby inherits the citizenship from the Hungarian father) she has to leave the country, as Larry said, that does not sound very profamily. Maybe you dont know the laws for your country or maybe you just like the profamily propaganda in the Budapest `airport, but one thing is sure, that girl did not get married just for documents. I just hope she decides to leave with her baby and never return to this country. One Hungarian less will mean more demographic decline for Hungary 😀
She is not Hungarian even though she married one. If she became a citizen then its different. People try to become citizens by marriage. This is fraud,
Hahahahaha. Whio on earth want to become Hungarian citizen? Imagine to get pregnant for this amazing passport. 🤣🤣🤣 Don’t be ridiculous
Hungarian is among the top passport on the world.
You being ignorant doesn’t change that fact.
And so it begins…
Take a wild guess who’s financing this lawfare.
Straight out of the “Refugees Welcome” playbook of Leftery.
deport them all!
Agreed
‘You’ invited them, don’t you recall? Why? Because Hungary isn’t self sufficient in labour. It would be, but so many of your countryfolk have emigrated.
Stop acting like such “holy” concepts like GDP, pensions, or taxes are worth destroying your nation, and going extinct.
The national institutions exist for exclusively the national people’s sake, not in reverse, and not for foreigners.
This shouls be common sense. What’s wrong with you people?
you all filipinos are here because you all signed the contract to work not making babies and family. How hard is that to understand? SO STUPID PRIMITIVE UNEDUCATED BASTARDS.
It’s amazing the amount of racism that this country is turning to. Not only you will need Filipino to balance the work force but also to balance the declining population. I assume all of you are making babies like rabbits to fix the issue, right? Hungarians is an endangered species, heck, even pandas are safer now, the difference is the the world love pandas!