Factors and opportunities that lure Hungarian workers abroad

While physical work is paid more in the country, the wave which invites Hungarian workers and experts to Western Europe does not seem to be coming to an end. These workers are invited to foreign countries for millions, even billions in salary, free accommodation, and other bonus factors.

Pénzcentrum reported that inside the European Union, no registration process is needed for individuals to start a new job in foreign countries. Statistics revealed that between 2007 and 2016, seventy thousand Hungarians left the country each year.

In 2017, this number was 87,000.

After Hungary joined the European Union in 2004, approximately one million Hungarians decided to try their luck in foreign countries. On the other hand, it is hard to estimate how many of them returned, as the measurement process of immigration is harder than emigration. Not only our region, but Western Europe also suffers from unemployment, which is due to the factor of the countries’ ageing society.