Foreigners are flocking to Hungary: nothing can stop them
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More than 70,000 foreigners work in Hungary, with more and more people entering the country under easier terms, mainly in industry. This is the official figure, but their numbers are certainly higher and growing. Experts estimate that 500-1000 foreigners arrive in Hungary every month to work. The labour shortage has and will continue to determine the inflow of foreigners.
The KSH (Central Statistical Office) surveyed companies with at least 5 employees. The number of foreign workers employed by Hungarian companies was 50,000 at the beginning of 2019, rising to 60,000 by the end of the year. The withdrawal of the restrictions following the COVID-19 showed a new trend of increase, as there was a shortage of domestic labour workers.
Officially, more than 70,000 foreigners were working in Hungary in the middle of 2022. This represents a 20 percent increase compared to the middle of 2021, which shows that the number of foreign workers in Hungary is steadily increasing.
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Sectors to which workers are flocking
According to portfolio.hu, the companies that hire foreign workers are typically global companies: automotive, food industry, metal industry, plastics and rubber industry and electronics production factories.
The hospitality sector is also seeing an increasing inflow of foreign workers. Filipino employees are becoming more common in tourist places in Budapest, but food delivery workers are also on the rise. Most of them speak good English, are well educated and reliable, and those with fixed contracts keep to their commitment and duration.
But that’s not surprising, since an entire industry has been built on sending workers abroad. If they leave the company they were sent to work for, not only can they be barred from working abroad again, but so can their families. The situation is different for Vietnamese workers, according to József Nógrádi.
“Some of them are already leaving the airport, many of them prefer to work in other countries of the European Union.”
However, Pham Ngoc Chu, managing director of DC Handel Trade and Services Ltd, says that Vietnamese skilled workers who have already undergone vocational training and have already worked meet all the needs. The president of the Vietnamese Entrepreneurs Association in Hungary added that the biggest challenge is not language but culture and lifestyle differences. Where there is a greater demand for imported labour, Asian workers are more welcome. For example, for simple skilled jobs such as fruit picking, packing and cleaning, but also for jobs requiring expertise such as chef, welder and electrician.
Social Inequality – grows and grows in Hungary.
Wages – what lowest in the European Union?
The “creed” – or one of many that the Orban Government, dictate in Hungary is;
” That the Rich get Richer and the Poor get Poorer.”
Apprehensiveness say that the “rich get richer and the poor get poorer.” That is not entirely accurate. When many people get richer some of those riches find their way to poorer people. But he prime reason why the rich get richer is because the rich let their money work for them. Invested wealth works 24/7 365 days a year. Poor people work by the hour maybe 40-80 hours per week.