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20 Dutch families move to a tiny Hungarian village: what do they know?
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In a tiny village in Nógrád County, Hungary, 20 Dutch families have purchased houses. According to the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), the number of foreigners living in Nógrád County has been steadily increasing since 2017. Still, the county has the lowest number of foreigners in the country. Some of them are there for work, some have settled there permanently. What does Legénd have that other settlements do not?
Ten Dutch families live in Legénd, another ten have holiday homes
Tamás Tunkel, the mayor of Legénd, told nool.hu that there are currently about ten Dutch families living in the village, and another ten have holiday homes. Mr Tunkel pointed out that there is a mistaken theory that they are fleeing their homeland because of climatic problems caused by rising sea levels in the Netherlands. However, he says, reality is quite different.
Mr Tunkel told nool.hu:
I have already asked the Dutch here about this theory, and they have rejected it outright. However, it is important to know that 17 million people in the Netherlands live in an area smaller than half the size of Hungary, in extremely intensive conditions.
Why are the Dutch fleeing Holland? Will Dutch will be the next group of refugees?
Aside from the obvious factors such as population density, too many migrants ad dropping living standards, there is also the fact that the Dutch government has become very hostile to farm owning Dutch families and will ultimately destroy their livelyhoods through climate related policies.
Several families of industrious Hollanders seems like a net gain for Hungary.
Why did mariavonthersa flee Hungary? Will Hungarians be the next group of refugees in North America?
I see my young professionals leaving for jobs in the Netherlands and Switzerland, in particular… Educated at great cost in Hungary, acquiring skills and experience in Hungarian enterprises, moving abroad for the next stage of their lives.
Upside, perhaps they will also buy a holiday home, here
Long live Hungary and their pro-people government, the west is in a steep decline, while the east is rising.