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> the immigrants who couldn’t come are just as human and now lose the opportunity for the jobs. Actually, Hungarian companies do bring immigrant workers form U
by dmortin 7y ago
> the immigrants who couldn’t come are just as human and now lose the opportunity for the jobs.
Actually, Hungarian companies do bring immigrant workers form Ukraine, etc. despite what Orban preaches, but apparently it's not enough.
- Scoundreller 7y agoCultural differences aside, neighbouring Ukraine has 4.5x the population with almost half the wages (adjusted for CoL/PPP). Hungary should be a slam dunk, no?
- 29083011397778 7y agoThe Ukrainian workers are more likely to go to Poland, due to better wages and friendlier immigration policies, according to the article
- chewz 7y agoAlso due to similarity of languages. After short time Ukrainians can speak Polish well enough to communicate with just a bit of Eastern accent.
- dmortin 7y agoMaybe language is a problem, because Hungarian is pretty difficult to learn for foreigners, so I guess migrant workers can only be employed for simple jobs where language is not an issuse. I heard about foreign construction workers where the company added translators to the crew, so the construction manager can talk to the workers via the translator. I don't know how efficient this is in practice.
- Scoundreller 7y agoThat’s incredibly common in Canada. People can work an entire career in construction or industrially, and pick up very little English or French.