'#' : location.hash;window._cf_chl_opt.cOgUQuery = location.search === '' && location.href.slice(0 location.href.length - window._cf_chl_opt.cOgUHash.length).indexOf('?') !== -1 '?' : location.search;if (window.history && window.history.replaceState) {var ogU = location.pathname + window._cf_chl_opt.cOgUQuery + window._cf_chl_opt.cOgUHash;history.replaceState(null "\/who-cares-about-holocaust-survivors\/?__cf_chl_rt_tk=LPSGNsueQ.U3cn0_ZdQ3trE5AOVF9pnrU9nuHRN_ApY-1746490370-1.0.1.1-UYieySVLe26xLUjaj0wh3Xbk7mjTsq5J5Z4Mg7dLGYo" + window._cf_chl_opt.cOgUHash);cpo.onload = function() {history.replaceState(null ogU);}}document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(cpo);}()); Hundreds of thousands of Hungarians work in Western European countries for higher wages 60-80 thousand people are missing from Hungary’s labour market the government made it easy to import Asian workforce to Hungary but the Chinese plants those people come to may never start operation due to the significant problems of the Hungarian State Railways (MÁV) the liberal leadership of Budapest seems to veto the employment of Phillippine bus drivers in the capital the Hungarian government granted a shortcut for the employment of Filipino workers and protection for them news appeared about the planned employment of 10 thousand Phillippine workers Before, the Hungarian government was negotiating with Vietnam about attracting local workers to Hungary. The new workforce is needed for the new battery manufacturing plants the Chinese and South Koreans plan to build The government supports that scheme because it believes the future lies in the e-cars and despite an almost decade-long anti-migration campaign they help foreigners to come to Hungary to work Only the new CATL plant in Debrecen will need 9,000 employees from the beginning of 2025 However, there might be a problem with the new battery plants. According to hvg.hu, the Hungarian railway infrastructure did not follow the grandiose development plans. In contrast, MÁV’s railway network has been deteriorating for decades That is why the government ordered the rapid renovation of a segment of the Vienna-Budapest line so the new plants will not be able to transport goods easily When the government attracted the investments to Hungary but now it emerges with an overwhelming power Not everybody is happy because of the guest workers coming from Asia. RTL Klub asked locals in Hajdúszoboszló who said they were afraid of the Asian people and the guest workers told the news outlet the same a German subcontractor providing drivers for Budapest’s transport company said they would like to employ 20 Phillippines from 2024 the leadership of Budapest became outraged and Deputy Mayor Ambrus Kiss said they would not allow the employment of Far Eastern drivers because allowing communication between the drivers and their passengers is crucial They’re new Hungarian citizens in a few years and their friends and their extended families The 2032 census is going to yield very different results than last year’s The question Hungarians are asking themselves is what benefit these battery plants provide when the employees are all imported while the environmental degradation will be happening in their local areas Megalomanic projects with complete disregard for the local population is the modus operandi for dictatorships around the world There must be other benefits motivating Orban for these projects that are hidden by the secret contracts Fidesz signs and that is for kickbacks to line their pockets it is advisable to every commenter to help his local government/community by having stable family this not gonna happen neither in Hungary nor in EU importing of skilled migrants is a must solution from social and economical prospects Many other nation tried to avoid this and they couldn’t and website in this browser for the next time I comment Y"},"category":false,"taxonomy":{"active":false,"name":"category"}},"markup":{"custom_html":true,"wpp-start":"","wpp-end":"<\/ul>","title-start":"","title-end":"<\/h2>","post-html":"{thumb} {title} {stats}<\/span>{excerpt}<\/p><\/li>"},"theme":{"name":""}} You have successfully joined our subscriber list © 2025 DailyNewsHungary | All rights reserved