More and more Hungarians move to work abroad

The number of Hungarians with official working permits in Germany and Britain has increased over the past two years, the daily Magyar Nemzet is quoted by the Hungarian news agency MTI, citing data from the statistical offices of Germany and the UK from the end of last year.

Statistical data suggest that about 80,000 Hungarians are working in Germany and 55,000 in the UK. In Germany, the number of Hungarians registered as in work grew by 70% from 2012 to 2014, the paper said.

According to data from the German Statistical Office, out of 115,000 Hungarians residing in Germany, 80,000 were in registered employment. In 2012, the number of Hungarians in the country was estimated at 65,000, of which 47,000 were working, the paper added.

In Britain, 55,000 Hungarians aged 16 and above were working in 2014, up from 35,000 in 2012, according to data from the UK’s statistical office. Estimates for the total number of Hungarians working abroad, including those without papers, have been put in a range of 350,000-500,000, the paper said.

In Hungary, the Orbán government includes these people, and others working abroad, in the Hungarian employment figures.