Adósrabszolgaság, szétszakadt családok, önfeláldozás - Filippínók Magyarországon
- Filippínó vendégmunkásokról szól a dokumentum: közösségük a 2007-es 70–150 főről ma kb. 16 000-re nőtt, hetente találkoznak, közösen kosárlabdáznak.
- A magyar mindennapok elsajátítása: papucsos ház, zuhanyfej levétele, WC-papír a WC-be; a magyar nyelvet a „Föld legnehezebb nyelvének" tartják, az országot biztonságosnak.
- Egy 19 éve itt élő misszionárius pap segíti honfitársait: tolmácsol a hivataloknál, szerződéseket ellenőriz, munkajogot tanult, a munkásszállásokon alszik és figyel.
- A munkások nem mernek panaszt tenni — elbocsátástól félnek —, ezért a paphoz fordulnak; a 2026. júniusi vendégmunka-stop miatt aggódnak a munkahelyükért.
- Indokok: itthon kevés munka, nincs betegszabadság, 5–6 hónapos szerződések, ~150 eurós fizetés; a magyar munkaadók elégedettek, magyar munkaerőt is keresnek.
- Elemzés: a globális munkaerőpiac az embert árucikként kezeli; a filippínók Nyugatra nem juthatnak be, ezért kerülnek „olyan országba, ahonnan a helyiek kivándoroltak".
- Kritika: a migrációs politika identitáspolitikai keretben beszél, miközben tartós munkaerőhiányt kezel; a vendégmunka mostantól csak két évre szól, a kockázat a munkáson.
- Visszaélések: 10 000 eurós útiköltség-adósság, illegális toborzók, elvett útlevelek; a hat napos szabály — munkahely elvesztése után érvénytelen engedély — az EU-joggal ellentétes.
- A hazautalások a Fülöp-szigeteki GDP csaknem 10%-át adják, minden tizedik filippínó külföldön dolgozik; a családtól való távollét fájdalma a videó érzelmi magja.
„Nem tudom, mikor mondta ki az első szavát a legkisebbem. Csak a telefonon látom, de ez nem elég." – egyik munkás
Részletes összefoglaló megjelenítése
A filippínó közösség Magyarországon
A dokumentum a magyarországi filippínó vendégmunkások életébe enged bepillantást. Az utóbbi években „egy városnyi" filippínó munkás érkezett Magyarországra. Az egyik, 2007-ben érkezett beszélő szerint akkoriban mindössze 70–150 filippínó élt az országban; ma számuk kb. 16 000. A közösség az évek során „boom"-szerűen növekedett: az emberek újra kapcsolatba léptek egymással, barátkoztak, ételeket és történeteket osztottak meg, és ma már hetente találkoznak, együtt isznak.
„Amikor ideértem, nem voltunk sokan. Azt hiszem, 70–150-en voltunk, amikor megérkeztem." – a 2007-ben érkezett beszélő *
A közösségi élet fontos eleme a közös kosárlabdázás: néha magyarok és gyerekek is csatlakoznak, és a filippínóktól tanulnak játszani. Az egyik beszélő tréfásan megjegyzi egy 15–9-es vereség után: „Soha többé nem játszom filippínókkal. Ez biztos!"
A Magyarországról alkotott első benyomások: „a Föld legnehezebb nyelve" a magyar, valamint hogy „Magyarország nagyon biztonságos ország", a magyarok este 10 után már pihennek – szemben a Fülöp-szigetekkel, ahol éjszakánként zajlik az élet.
A magyar mindennapok elsajátítása
A videó elején egy beilleszkedési oktatóanyag látható: a magyar házakban az utcai cipőt leveszik a bejáratnál, papucsot vesznek fel, és külön papucs használatos a kertre és a fürdőszobára is. Ezért itt ritkán takarítanak, mert „a ház úgyis tiszta" – és ezért nem szokás itthon háztartási alkalmazottat tartani. A filippínókat meglepi a magyarok viselkedése: nyáron a magyarok bikiniben napoznak, míg a filippínók teljesen felöltözve szenvednek a hőségben; télen ez fordítva történik – a magyarok rétegesen öltöznek, a filippínó papucsban van. További praktikák: a zuhanyfejet le kell venni a tartóról, hogy a padló ne ázzon el; az intim betétet szemetesbe kell dobni, de a toalettpapírt a WC-be kell önteni – ez a Fülöp-szigeteken pont fordítva van, ott tilos a papírt a WC-be engedni. A beszélgető tréfásan megjegyzi, hogy Európában a vízvezeték-szerelők gazdagok, mert kevesen vannak: „A vízvezeték-szerelők többet keresnek, mint akinek doktori címe van."
A misszionárius pap, mint közösségi segítő
A videó egyik kulcsfigurája egy 2007-ben, a Balassi Bálint Intézetbe kerülő magyarországi rendi pap, aki a magyar rend hívására érkezett misszióra. A nyelvtanulás nehéz volt – „majdnem feladtam" –, a zsoltároskönyv mellett a nyelvtan és az igealakok voltak a mindennapjai. Szerinte a rend tagjaként bárhol otthon érzi magát: „Ha a kápolnába megyünk imádkozni, ott már nem számít, ki honnan való. Isten gyermekei vagyunk."
Idővel rájött, hogy a szentmisék mögött nem hallja a munkások gondjait – „ott vagyok az ambo mögött, a szentélyben" –, ezért elkezdi felkeresni a munkásszállásokat, ahol 2–3 napot alszik a munkásokkal, nappal és éjjel fent marad. A szállási körülmények „változók": van, ahol rend van, máshol emeletes ágyakon alszanak.
A pap 19 éve él Magyarországon, és ez lett a feladata: segíteni honfitársainak, akik nem ismerik a helyi törvényeket. Saját élettapasztalatból ismeri a helyzetet: édesanyja 1993-ban Olaszországba ment dolgozni, amikor ő 10 éves volt – ő maga is OFW-gyerekként (Overseas Filipino Worker) nőtt fel.
„Ebben a helyzetben segítenem kell őket. Mindent tolmácsolni, megnézni a szerződésüket, amikor érzik, hogy valami nincs rendben, hogy a toborzó ügynökség valami rosszat csinál, vagy nem fizetik őket rendesen." – a pap
Magyarul beszél, elmegy a rendőrségre, a bevándorlási hivatalba, tolmácsol. Elmondja, hogy a magyar munkajog szerint 12 órás műszak legfeljebb három egymás utáni napon lehet, utána két nap pihenő, és hetente maximum 48 óra a munkaidő – de a munkások ezt nem tudják. Egyszer annyira elszánta magát, hogy bement a bíróság épületében lévő könyvesboltba Munka Törvénykönyvet venni: „Úgy néztek rám: mit kereshet itt egy barna gyerek?" Ugyanakkor biztonságban érzi magát: „Itthon vagyok, nem okozok itt problémát, miért féljek?"
A 2026. június 1-jei vendégmunka-stopról (amely szerint nulla nem EU-s vendégmunkást lehet behozni) a pap elmondja, hogy a filippínók megrémülnek a munkahelyük elvesztésétől, ő pedig papi kötelességének tartja megnyugtatni őket: „Gyerekek, nyugi, minden rendben lesz, csak dolgozzatok. Ha látják, hogy szorgalmasak vagytok, nem küldenek haza" – szokta tréfásan mondani. A filippínókat meglepi a magyar munkakörnyezet: otthon vagy Tajvanon gépszerűen dolgoznak szünet nélkül, itt pedig szinte óránként szünetet tartanak – és aggódva kérdezik: „Atya, hogyan marad fenn a cég, ha ennyit szünetelünk és nem megy a termelés?"
A munkaadók és a munkaerőpiaci háttér
Egy magyar munkaadó elmondja: „Teljesen elégedettek vagyunk a hozzáállásukkal, a munkájukkal, a rendelkezésre állásukkal, a felelősségvállalásukkal." Szerinte magyar munkavállalókkal a feladatot nem tudják megoldani, ezért reménykednek, hogy a jövőben is lesz lehetőségük filippínó munkást foglalkoztatni – miközben magyar munkaerőt is keresnek.
A filippínó munkavállalás okai: a Fülöp-szigeteken kevés a munkalehetőség, a betegszabadság gyakorlatilag nem létezik („ha nagyon rosszul érzed magad, egy napot kihagysz, másnap visszamész, különben kirúgnak"), és a munkaszerződések gyakran csak 5–6 hónaposak, hosszabbításról hónapról döntenek. Az egyik beszélő öt olyan cégnél dolgozott, amelyek csak 5–6 hónapig működtek. A fizetések: 54 000 forint (kb. 150 euró) havonta otthon, ami itthoni keresetének egytizede; másoknál itthon kétszeres-háromszoros a kereset.
„Ha a Fülöp-szigeteken maradok, nem tudok megtakarítást gyűjteni a jövőmnek vagy a jövendő családomnak. Jó munka kell, jó fizetés, ezért raktam magamra, hogy külföldre menjek." – egyik beszélő
A Fülöp-szigetek lakossága kb. 117 millió, és egyre fiatalodik – „hova tegyük az embereket?" A kultúra része, hogy a szülők dolgoznak, hogy az első gyerek diplomát szerezzen, aztán a fiatalabbakat támogatják; a felnőtt gyerekek is támogatják a családot – ez íratlan szabály. Egy itthon maradó család (házastárs, gyerek, nagyszülők) mindent a külföldön dolgozótól vár.
A migráció globális logikája
A videó elemző része elmagyarázza: a nyolcvanas évektől egyre többen indultak el oda, ahol munkaerőre szükség volt vagy jobban fizettek; a migráció a piac részévé vált, a piaci logika egyre több társadalmi viszonyt – a munkát és magukat az embereket is – szervez meg. „Létrejött a globális munkaerőpiac. A munkaerő oda mozgatható, ahol kell. Az ember egyre inkább erőforrást, piaci kategóriát, árucikkent jelenik meg."
A filippínók nem mehetnek Németországba, Ausztriába, Svájcba vagy Franciaországba dolgozni, mert oda nehéz bejutni – az ottani munkahelyeket a magyarok, szlovákok, csehek töltik be, akiknek nem kell papírokat intézniük, mivel európaiak. „Egy olyan országba kerültetek, ahonnan a helyiek kivándoroltak... A helyiek Ausztriába mennek, ti Katarba – ez egy folyamatos kör."
A Schengen-csatlakozásról szóló rész: „Magyarország visszatért Európához... a határátkelők maguk is megszűnnek majd." Egy, a határon 18 éven át naponta kétszer átkelő nő – Ildikó Antuk – alig látja kamionsofőr férjét; az előző évben 44 000 magyar állampolgár követte a példáját és Németországba költözött. A nő idősotthonban ápolónő, részmunkaidőben 2200 eurót keres.
A Schengen-vízum a filippínók számára is érték: aki Európában (akár csak Magyarországon) dolgozott, annak az önéletrajza erős a hazai munkaerőpiacon. A pap figyelmezteti a fiatalokat: fél millió pesót (kb. 7000 eurót) fizettek a bejutásért – ne pazarolják el ezt a lehetőséget.
A migrációpolitika és annak kritikája
A videó a magyar migrációs politikát is bemutatja archív idézetekkel: „Ostrom alatt állunk", „A migráció a terrorizmus trójai falója", „Fel kell építeni a falat, nincs választásunk", „Csak az EU-ból való kilépéssel tudjuk kontrollálni az országba irányuló bevándorlást", valamint a „nincs migráció, nincs gender, nincs háború" jelszó. A narratíva szerint a migrációs viták identitáspolitikai keretbe kényszerültek, miközben a piac működése – hogy miért kell ennyi embernek munka miatt vándorolnia – másodlagos szerepet játszik a politikai válaszokban, így „ugyanazok a feszültségek újra és újra újratermelődnek".
A helyzet magyarázata: a magyar munkavállalónak ugyanazt a munkát Nyugaton megérni többet, mint itthon; a kivándorlás, az elöregedő társadalom és az újraiparosítás miatt a 2010-es évektől tartós munkaerőhiány alakult ki. A kormányzati logika: „a gazdaságpolitikát úgy kell strukturálni, hogy az 500 000 hiányzó munkast a belső tartalékokból pótoljuk" – ezért választották szét élesen a menekültügyet, a migrációt és a vendégmunka-jogot. A vendégmunka mostantól csak két évre szólhat, utána a tartózkodás megszűnik, a munkásnak távoznia kell.
A munkaerő-kölcsönző cégek kényelmesek az iparnak: ha kell ember, felvesznek, ha nem, elbocsátanak – a munkaerő az ipari ciklusokhoz alkalmazkodik, a kockázatot a munkás viseli.
A filippínó társadalom és a pap szerepe
A filippínó munkások nem mernek panaszt tenni: „Nem tudnak felszólalni, nagyon félnek. A filippínó kultúrában elbocsátanák őket, ezért inkább mindent megcsinálnak, és inkább nem kérdeznek." Ilyenkor először a papot keresik fel. A pap a Fülöp-szigeteken „olyan, mint egy király, olyan tekintéllyel bír, mint egy polgármester vagy államfő" – az állammal szemben nagyon nagy a bizalmatlanság, ezért a pap kap nagy szerepet. Ez a bizalmatlanság mély gyökerekre vezethető vissza: a Nyugat nem csak a kereszténységet hozta Délkelet-Ázsiába, hanem a gyarmati uralmat is; a függetlenség után sem sikerült teljesen leszakadni az örökségről, a hagyományos közösségek szétestek, a politikai és gazdasági hatalom évtizedekre néhány család kezébe koncentrálódott.
Miközben a régióban az „ázsiai tigrisek" exportorientált ipart építettek (ruha, elektronika, később chipek és autók), a Fülöp-szigetek a mezőgazdaságra támaszkodott, és kihagyta a gyors iparosítást. A népesség, a munkanélküliség és az államadósság nőtt, a társadalmi feszültségek erősödtek – válaszul 1974-ben született meg a Labor Export Policy (munkaerő-exportpolitika).
Szétszakadt családok
A pap személyes története: édesapja 1983 és 1989 között Szaúd-Arábiában dolgozott, majd édesanyja 1993-ban Olaszországba ment – „6 és fél év után láttuk anyát először." Korábban csak leveleket kaptak; ma már van telefon, tablet, internet, videóhívás. Az OFW-k családjukkal videóchatelnek pihenőnapjaikon:
„I love you, darling! ... I love you, goodbye! ... Szép napot, mindenkinek! Szeretlek!" – videóhívás-jelenet *
A filippínó gazdaság egyik legnagyobb „erőforrása" maga az OFW: „Segítek az országomnak felfutni a gazdaságban." A munkások a fizetésük kétharmadát, 60–70%-át hazaküldik. A pap egy apát ismert, aki havi 18 000 forintból (kb. 50 euró) élt itthon. „Minden OFW a családjáért dolgozik, nem csak a saját javáért. A túlélésről szól. Legyen jó étel az asztalon a gyerekeimnek, a feleségemnek, a testvéreimnek."
A hazautalások (remittances) globális gazdasága óriási és folyamatosan nő; a Fülöp-szigetek a világ élmezőnyében van: a GDP csaknem 10%-a hazautalásokból származik, minden tizedik filippínó külföldön dolgozik. Ez az ember- és tőkeáramlásnak nincs nemzetközi intézményi szabályozó rendszere – a piac irányítja.
Az adósrabszolgaság és a visszaélések
Miriam, aki nem fejezte be a főiskolát, idén június 22-én repül Magyarországra gyári munkára. A magyarok célja év végéig 10 000 filippínó munkás; a feltételek: két év tapasztalat a pozícióban és fizikai alkalmasság, egyes munkaadóknál magasságkövetelmény is. A Fülöp-szigeteki Migráns Dolgozók Minisztériuma figyelmeztet: „Beware of illegal recruiters!" (Óvakodjatok az illegális toborzóktól!)
Az út ára: 3,5 millió forint (kb. 10 000 euró) személyenként – „ez nagy vagyon". Ebből a toborzó ügynökséget kell kifizetni, a repülőjegyet, az egész út költségét, és még egy hónapnyi családi tartalékot is biztosítani kell indulás előtt.
„Alapvetően egy filippínó adóssággal indul neki. Úgy indul el, hogy..." – a pap a rendszer lényegéről *
A munkások itthoni fizetésükből fokozatosan törlesztik az adósságot. Mégis megéri: egy kétéves külföldi szerződés jobb, mint a hazai féléves álláslehetőség, és a két év alatt az adósság törleszthető, „közben a gyerek ehet és tanulhat".
A visszaélések konkrét esetei: egy hete olyan magyar toborzót talált, akinek a munkások már mindent kifizettek, de a filippínói családtól még 110 000 pesót (kb. egymillió forint, 2750 euró) kért – és amikor kérték a pénzt, aláírtattak egy papírt, hogy ez nem történt meg. „Képzeld el! A filippínó belement, mert szüksége van a munkára, de fáj neki." A pap most az összes bizonyítékkal dolgozik az ügyön.
Egy másik csoportnál a munkáltató elvette a munkások útleveleit, társadalombiztosítási és adókártyáit – enélkül nem hagyhatják el a szállást. A munkások nem mernek hatósághoz fordulni, mert félnek, hogy elveszítik a munkát, és nem tudják törleszteni az itthoni adósságot.
Jogi problémák: a hat napos szabály
A videó jogi elemzése szerint: ha a munkaviszony megszűnik, a munkáltatónak be kell jelentenie ezt a hatóságnál, és a bejelentést követő hatodik naptól a tartózkodási engedély érvénytelenné válik – „gyakorlatilag gyakorlatilag nincs esélyük jogorvosltra". „Ez a fajta szabályozás melegágya annak, hogy harmadik országbeli állampolgárokat kizsákmányoló körülmények között foglalkoztassanak."
Létezik ugyan egy EU-s irányelv, amelyet a magyar államnak át kellett volna ültetnie (a határidő május végén járt le): az szerint a munkaviszonyhoz kötött tartózkodási engedéllyel rendelkezők három-hat hónapig munkanélküliek lehetnek anélkül, hogy kitoloncolálnák őket. A magyar szabály ezért gyakorlatilag ellentétes az EU-joggal. A Belügyminisztérium a kérdésre azt válaszolta: „...a témában átfogó felülvizsgálat folyik... A konkrét jogszabály-módosítási tervezetre vonatkozóan a felülvizsgálatot követően tudunk tájékoztatást adni."
Az otthontalanság élménye
A munkások évente egy hónapra hazamennek a Fülöp-szigetekre, a gyerekeikkel, a tartományba, a szülőföldjükre. Az egyik beszélő novemberben, szerződése végén hazamegy; terve öt-tíz év külföldi munka, de ha kell, újra elmegy: „Ezért keresek másik munkát, ebben az országban vagy másik országban, hogy eltartsam a családomat."
A családtól való távollét fájdalma a videó érzelmi magja:
„Amikor OFW-ként elmegyek, kilenc hónapra hagyom őt. Amikor visszajövök, igen, már nagyon nagy." – egyik beszélő a gyerekéről *
„Nem tudom, mikor mondta ki az első szavát a legkisebbem. És ez a kisgyermekkorának ez a cuki oldala, a szeretet, a mosolyok – nagyon nehéz. Csak a telefonon látom, de ez nem elég. Nem elég." – egyik beszélő
„Néha magányt érzek, mert hiányoznak, hiányoznak a gyerekeim. Hiányoznak a gyerekeim ölelése." – egyik beszélő *
„A legszebb, amit leginkább hiányolok, a karácsony. Három éve töltöm itt karácsonyot. Láthatják, hogy boldogok vagyunk itt Magyarországon, de a másik oldalon sírunk, mert hiányoznak." – egyik beszélő *
Minden OFW álma, hogy „egyszer majd otthon, helyben dolgozhassanak". A pap végül összegzi küldetésének értelmét: nagyon boldog ezzel a feladattal, mert a szüleinek gondol; nem biztos, hogy azok a helyzetben akkor kaptak volna segítséget. „A honfitársaimon keresztül realizáltam, milyen nagy áldozatot hoztak a szüleim, mit vállaltak értünk, hogy tanulhassunk."
⚠️ Értelmezhetetlen vagy bizonytalan szakaszok
- „...your position please, your position!" / „Please can you help us very quickly? – 150 person. We have a small children..." – ez a szakasz (feltehetően határ menti segélykérő jelenet) kontextus nélkül nem rekonstruálható pontosan, kinek a szava és milyen helyzetről szól.
- „Three, two, one... Build that wall!" – archív felvétel, a beszélő nem azonosítható az átiratból.
- „I was wondering whether I would be able to, to change the... The what? The diaper" – a párbeszéd eleje hiányos, a beszélők kiléte nem egyértelmű.
Teljes átirat megjelenítése
[00:00:05]So, for example, if you meet Hungarians here, and you become friends, if they invite you to their house, remember this.
[00:00:15]When you enter the house, for example... This is the house.
[00:00:21]When you enter the house, there's the living room, usually there's a coat rack here, and so on.
[00:00:27]So, you take off your shoes, and leave them here.
[00:00:31]Before you get slippers, and go into the house.
[00:00:34]Like this.
[00:00:35]That's why here they rarely clean, because the house is clean.
[00:00:38]You can't just walk in here with street shoes or anything else.
[00:00:41]No.
[00:00:41]They have separate slippers for the garden, separate for the... They even use different ones for the bathroom.
[00:00:48]That's why having a maid in the house is not customary here.
[00:00:53]The locals are surprised, because in the summer the Filipino is completely dressed.
[00:00:59]And they are just in bikinis.
[00:01:02]And they, like in the sun, as if... And when we are in the sun, our head hurts!
[00:01:08]And they are like this!
[00:01:09]Their head doesn't even hurt.
[00:01:12]That's how they are.
[00:01:13]And then, in winter it's exactly the opposite.
[00:01:16]They are bundled up in winter.
[00:01:19]And the Filipino is in slippers!
[00:01:22]Okay?
[00:01:23]And then, when you shower, the shower head should be like this.
[00:01:30]You take it down.
[00:01:31]Don't leave it like this.
[00:01:33]Because if you hold it like this, then the water flows out, but if I put it here, all the water goes here, so the floor doesn't get wet.
[00:01:41]Okay?
[00:01:43]Only the intimate pad should not be thrown into the toilet.
[00:01:48]It must be wrapped up, and thrown in the bin.
[00:01:50]But the others, toilet paper, that you use, always flush it down the toilet.
[00:01:54]Okay?
[00:01:56]Because that's forbidden in the Philippines!
[00:01:56]Right?
[00:01:58]Do you know why it's like this in Europe?
[00:02:00]Do you know who can charge a lot?
[00:02:02]The plumber.
[00:02:03]Plumbers are rich around here.
[00:02:06]Because there are few plumbers, so they can charge a lot of money.
[00:02:11]Plumbers earn more money here, than someone who works with a doctorate.
[00:02:15]- Then let's change jobs!
[00:02:17]- We'll learn it!
[00:02:19]God brought you together.
[00:02:21]You didn't even know each other before, but you met at the airport.
[00:02:23]And now you are here together.
[00:02:25]So take each other as your sister or your little sister.
[00:02:29]You must not be jealous.
[00:02:31]You are here for each other, as a family.
[00:02:34]Okay?
[00:02:40]In recent years, a city's worth of Filipino workers have arrived in Hungary.
[00:02:47]Why are more and more coming from there?
[00:02:52]Why is it worth it for them to go into a massive debt to work here?
[00:02:58]And what drives this global labor migration?
[00:03:12]At first, I knew Hungary is in Europe, and one thing: it is the hardest language on Earth.
[00:03:21]You know, the Hungarian.
[00:03:30]Hungary is a very safe country.
[00:03:33]Hungarian people are good and they after 10 pm, they are resting, they are sleeping.
[00:03:41]In the Philippines there are people going outside, party, party.
[00:03:46]At first, we didn't have a community here.
[00:03:49]Maybe some people, some Filipinos in the early times got here, they had a small community.
[00:03:57]But now it's very big.
[00:04:01]You know, we are working in different companies.
[00:04:03]We are living in different side of Hungary.
[00:04:08]Some in the province, in Gyöngyös, some in Kecskemét, some in Szeged.
[00:04:14]So when the Tagalog mass started here, it was just like a boom!
[00:04:22]When I arrived in Hungary, there weren't many of us.
[00:04:26]There were very few of us in Hungary.
[00:04:28]You couldn't feel that there would be too many Filipinos here.
[00:04:31]I think there were 70-150 of us when I arrived.
[00:04:31]So no... Around when...?
[00:04:38]That was in 2007.
[00:04:40]About how many are there in Hungary now?
[00:04:44]16,000.
[00:04:45]- 16,000?
[00:05:20]People reconnected, people reunited, some people got some new friends, Filipino friends, so that's how community creates.
[00:05:36]When we were sharing food, sharing thoughts, sharing... the stories, oh!
[00:05:43]And now every week they come see each other, drink together.
[00:05:51]Yeah, that's the life here after.
[00:06:06]- Do you wanna play 3 vs 3?
[00:06:06]- Yeah, but we are four.
[00:06:12]Sometimes there are some Hungarian people or children, they watched us before: Filipino playing basketball.
[00:06:23]And then they ask us, "Can I join basketball?"
[00:06:27]Even though they have small experience in playing basketball.
[00:06:31]So they learn from us how to play basketball.
[00:06:36]15 - 9 I will never play against Filipinos again.
[00:06:42]That's for sure!
[00:06:44]I'm about to throw up my soul.
[00:06:47]In 2007, I arrived on October 2nd, as a student I came here at the request of the Hungarian order.
[00:07:00]First I had to attend language school, the Balassi Bálint Institute.
[00:07:07]When we go on mission, our primary task is always to learn the local language.
[00:07:12]I almost gave up.
[00:07:15]There were five of us when I arrived, two Poles, and two Vietnamese.
[00:07:20]They went home.
[00:07:22]Prayer helped a lot, the mass, the liturgy, you know, you opened the psalter, well there was the grammar, everything, all forms of conjugation.
[00:07:33]Yeah, that was it!
[00:07:35]If you are a member of an order, wherever you end up, you will feel at home.
[00:07:42]If we go into the chapel to pray, there it no longer matters where someone is from.
[00:07:48]We are children of God.
[00:07:49]And from then on a person can feel good, like at home.
[00:08:08]I started going everywhere because many things changed in my head in the meantime.
[00:08:16]That yes, I am here saying mass for them, but that what struggles they have, I don't hear.
[00:08:26]Why?
[00:08:26]Well I'm there behind the ambo, in the sanctuary.
[00:08:31]They can't speak, I speak at the mass, but they can't.
[00:08:34]So how would I know?
[00:08:37]And I want to provide real help, to know what a person really needs.
[00:08:41]And that's why I go to the workers' hostel, and I sleep there.
[00:08:44]I usually spend two or three days, I'm up day and night.
[00:08:50]- In the workers' hostel?
[00:08:50]- Uh-huh.
[00:08:52]Yes, I don't look for the parish nearby, to sleep there, and then go in.
[00:08:55]No.
[00:08:56]I sleep there with the workers.
[00:08:59]And what conditions have you experienced?
[00:09:02]Varying.
[00:09:02]Varying.
[00:09:12]So every room is like this?
[00:09:13]No.
[00:09:14]Let's see the rest, because at least this one is in order.
[00:09:17]Yes.
[00:09:18]Ours is different; we have bunk beds.
[00:09:20]Hmm?
[00:09:21]Let's see.
[00:09:23]Oh, so you have bunk beds.
[00:09:27]I am here to help, so that you don't stress.
[00:09:32]The situation is, that a lot of Filipinos have come.
[00:09:36]The problem, that they don't know the local laws.
[00:09:39]What is forbidden, what isn't.
[00:09:41]So, this has become my job now, I try to provide help to my compatriots, since I have been living here for 19 years.
[00:09:48]I have learned a great deal about the life of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW), through the stories of my compatriots.
[00:09:55]About the lovers, and all sorts of things.
[00:09:57]I learned everything.
[00:09:59]So... Literally?
[00:10:01]So, literally I learned everything from the Filipinos.
[00:10:04]But whatever, I also grew up as the child of an Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW).
[00:10:08]That's why I understand your situation.
[00:10:10]And I don't want you to get into trouble.
[00:10:12]Because my mother went to Italy in the 90s in 1993.
[00:10:20]I was only 10 years old then.
[00:10:23]In this kind of position, I have to help them.
[00:10:28]To interpret all sorts of things, To look at their contract, when they sense, that something isn't right, the recruitment agency is doing something wrong, or they aren't being paid properly.
[00:10:43]I find the way, how I can help.
[00:10:45]I speak Hungarian, if I have to go to the police, I can go.
[00:10:49]I go to the immigration office.
[00:10:51]I was just there interpreting.
[00:10:55]They told me, that you maybe work twelve hours.
[00:10:59]That twelve hours, I doubt, that you have to work five days in a row.
[00:11:04]Because here the law says, if you work twelve hours: it can't be in a row.
[00:11:08]Maximum three days of twelve-hour shifts, then two days rest.
[00:11:13]So a maximum per week 40 hours, maximum 48 hours.
[00:11:22]48 hours is the maximum per week, that you can work.
[00:11:27]48 hours.
[00:11:29]They don't know the local labor laws.
[00:11:33]They don't know.
[00:11:34]And that's exactly what we're working on, so maybe I can help with this.
[00:11:37]Once it was so much, that I decided the next day, that I would go into the city, and buy a Labor Code.
[00:11:46]I went to the courthouse, for the first time in my life.
[00:11:50]There's the bookstore.
[00:11:53]They looked at me, "what could a brown kid be looking for here?"
[00:11:57]"Why does he go to the courthouse?"
[00:11:57]I said, I would like to buy a book.
[00:12:02]And so I spoke up in Hungarian.
[00:12:05]I'm not dropping a bomb.
[00:12:08]So I feel safe, because I'm at home, I don't cause problems here, why should I be afraid?
[00:12:16]From June 1, 2026 until further measures, zero, that is, zero non-EU, non-Hungarian guest workers will be allowed to be brought in.
[00:12:28]And why?
[00:12:29]Because Hungarians don't want a country, where Asian companies, circumventing environmental regulations, manufacture with huge subsidies typically using non-Hungarian labor to make batteries.
[00:12:43]There's nothing wrong with that, but of course the Filipinos don't know, what will come of it, then they get scared, that they won't have their jobs, and then always, this is also a priestly duty of mine, - like it or not - I tell them: "Kids, relax, everything will be fine, just work.
[00:13:00]If they see that you are dutiful, they won't send you home" as I usually joke.
[00:13:05]When a Filipino goes abroad, let's say, to work in Taiwan, or even within the Philippines, there they won't be able to take breaks.
[00:13:12]It's very very hard, they work like machines.
[00:13:16]And at first they were surprised, that here how many times you can take a break.
[00:13:19]People go out for a smoke break, almost every hour.
[00:13:24]At a Filipino company or in Taiwan, they can't do that.
[00:13:28]And they endure everything, just to have a job.
[00:13:31]And they ask: "Father, how will the company survive, if we have so many breaks, and the production doesn't run?"
[00:13:48]My life here is very different to there.
[00:13:51]I can drink, I can roam around any time.
[00:13:55]Then going work late, it's okay for my boss.
[00:14:00]As long as my job is done, as long as I do my job well.
[00:14:08]I can tell you what our, or rather my experience is.
[00:14:14]We are completely satisfied with the attitude, their work, their availability, their taking of responsibility.
[00:14:30]So as matters currently stand despite all our efforts with Hungarian employees we cannot solve the task, that our company has to solve day after day.
[00:14:44]So I really hope, that in the future we will still have the opportunity for this, along with the fact that we are looking for Hungarian labor, but if it is not available, then the task, or rather the mission, that we have undertaken, we must fulfill it.
[00:15:07]In Filipino society, at the workplace you can't really go on sick leave.
[00:15:13]Maybe if you feel very bad you go for one day, and the next day you go back to work, because otherwise they fire you.
[00:15:21]There aren't many job opportunities.
[00:15:24]There aren't many job opportunities.
[00:15:26]If there had been many job opportunities, then that many Filipinos wouldn't go abroad.
[00:15:34]I made a choice because if I stay in the Philippines, I cannot save money for my future or for my future family.
[00:15:45]I see that I cannot provide more for my family, you know.
[00:15:52]So I need a good job, good salary, so I... I pushed myself to go abroad.
[00:16:00]The salary is not enough, but if you want to live, you can live in the Philippines.
[00:16:06]As long as you want food, you don't want to have a successful life, just stay there in the Philippines.
[00:16:12]But if you want success and if you want to grow more and to help your family, go abroad.
[00:16:21]The population is very young in the Philippines.
[00:16:26]We are about 117 million now, and the population is getting younger and younger.
[00:16:33]Where should we put the people?
[00:16:33]That's why in the Philippines you could replace an employee even every 6 months.
[00:16:39]Then what is the sure thing for a family, whether you will have a job?
[00:16:44]Can the child eat, or study?
[00:16:47]I have been in five companies that have worked for only six months and five months.
[00:16:54]It has a five months minimum contract and if you want to extend, you will be extended for one month, two months or either the rest of the year.
[00:17:06]You need to know about Filipino culture, that parents work so that the first child can get a degree.
[00:17:15]And then we support the younger ones.
[00:17:18]That's how it is with us, to this day it's like that.
[00:17:21]Here, if someone works, that money is theirs.
[00:17:24]In Filipino culture, even if you are an adult, this is an unwritten rule, you help the others.
[00:17:32]So let's say, if a mother or a father works here, the wife or husband stays at home together with their child, and the grandparents are also at home, then all of them must be supported.
[00:17:48]It's the only thing that I can assure myself that I can give my family a better future, especially my sons, their education.
[00:18:04]54,000 forints (€150) in a month.
[00:18:08]That's my salary there.
[00:18:10]It's one-tenth of my earnings here.
[00:18:16]It depends.
[00:18:18]Sometimes it's double, sometimes it's triple.
[00:18:21]You know, my salary in Philippines is just like this, so when I came here, it's just like that.
[00:18:31]You can't really go to Germany, Austria, Switzerland or France, right?
[00:18:36]Have you heard of Filipinos being offered work there from home?
[00:18:41]Right!
[00:18:42]Because it's hard to get in.
[00:18:46]Why don't they hire people there?
[00:18:48]Because those who leave Hungary, or leave Slovakia, Czechia, they go there.
[00:18:55]Why?
[00:18:56]Because they don't have to arrange their papers, since they are Europeans.
[00:19:02]So, you have now come to a country, from which the locals have emigrated.
[00:19:05]And one of these is Hungary.
[00:19:08]So, if you try to break into the labor market there, what kind of work would you get there?
[00:19:10]Since the Europeans are there, who didn't want to stay in their own country.
[00:19:15]That's how migration works, the migration of people.
[00:19:19]The locals here go to Austria, and you go to Qatar, so it's a constant cycle.
[00:19:27]From the eighties, more and more people set off.
[00:19:31]More and more migrated to where labor was needed.
[00:19:35]Or where they paid more for it.
[00:19:38]This process, which has always existed, has accelerated.
[00:19:44]Migration itself has increasingly become part of the market.
[00:19:48]Market logic organizes more and more social relations.
[00:19:52]Work too.
[00:19:53]And people themselves.
[00:19:56]The global labor market has come into being.
[00:20:01]Labor can be moved to where it is needed.
[00:20:04]The person increasingly represents a resource.
[00:20:07]A market category.
[00:20:10]A commodity.
[00:20:12]That acts as the market demands.
[00:21:02]We are participants in a great moment.
[00:21:05]Hungary has returned to Europe.
[00:21:12]Europe has decided, in a year travel will be completely free.
[00:21:15]Ultimately the border crossings themselves will cease to exist.
[00:21:19]Because Hungary can become a member of The Schengen Area.
[00:21:22]I love it.
[00:21:22]I've been crossing for 18 years, every day morning and evening.
[00:21:27]Enough.
[00:21:27]It was time.
[00:21:33]Ildikó Antuk barely sees her husband, who drives a truck.
[00:21:36]Last year 44,000 Hungarian citizens followed the example of the Antuks and emigrated to Germany.
[00:21:42]The woman is a nurse in a retirement home.
[00:21:44]She earns €2200, working part-time.
[00:21:50]Do you have a contract?
[00:21:53]Right, since you have already received a Schengen visa for Europe.
[00:21:57]When you go home to the Philippines, when you put your CVs on the table: "Whoa!
[00:22:04]This one came from Europe."
[00:22:05]Even if only Hungary is on it, because Hungary is part of The Schengen Area.
[00:22:10]Your CVs are that strong.
[00:22:14]So, don't waste this opportunity.
[00:22:16]After all, you paid a large sum to be able to come here, right?
[00:22:19]Half a million pesos (€7000), right?
[00:22:21]- Almost.
[00:22:22]So... So what I would like, is for you to really appreciate that investment, that you put into obtaining the European visa.
[00:22:29]Don't waste it.
[00:22:31]Because if you waste it, you will have more harm from it.
[00:22:34]Believe me.
[00:22:36]Let no one lull themselves into illusions.
[00:22:40]Migration has become a political issue.
[00:22:42]We are under siege.
[00:22:45]The more people set off, the bigger the debate became about who can come and who cannot.
[00:22:51]Migration is the Trojan horse of terrorism.
[00:22:57]Political reactions increasingly arranged themselves in two directions.
[00:23:01]Opening or closing.
[00:23:03]More migration or less.
[00:23:05]You can see that the goal is the drastic reduction of immigration.
[00:23:10]We're going to build the wall.
[00:23:10]We have no choice.
[00:23:10]We have no choice.
[00:23:14]Migrant huggers and anti-immigration activists.
[00:23:18]Neoliberals and ethnonationalists.
[00:23:22]Because the great truth of this immigration debate is that only by leaving the EU can we control immigration into this country.
[00:23:30]Three, two, one... Build that wall!
[00:23:39]Build that wall!
[00:23:41]Build that wall!
[00:23:42]Build that wall!
[00:23:43]Build that wall!
[00:23:45]Debates about migration have been forced into identity politics frameworks.
[00:23:51]So that they understand in Brussels too: no migration, no gender, no war.
[00:23:57]...your position please, your position!
[00:23:59]- Please can you help us very quickly?
[00:24:01]- How many people?
[00:24:01]- 150 person.
[00:24:04]We have a small children, please, can you help us?
[00:24:07]We are staying here in... But what drives all of this?
[00:24:14]In politics' answer, the operation of the market plays only a secondary role.
[00:24:19]It is not interested in why so many people have to migrate for work.
[00:24:24]So the same tensions are reproduced time and time again.
[00:24:31]For the Hungarian worker, it is more worthwhile to do the same work in the West than at home.
[00:24:37]As a result of emigration, the aging society and reindustrialization, a lasting labor shortage developed in Hungary from the 2010s.
[00:24:49]So we must structure economic policy in such a way, that we can replace the 500,000 missing workers from internal reserves.
[00:25:02]Because we see again and again that there are 80-90,000 unfilled Hungarian jobs, and we would not like to end up in the situation like the Westerners, who argue for migration because they need labor.
[00:25:13]That's why we have clearly separated refugee affairs, migration and the guest worker law.
[00:25:19]The guest worker can from now on only come for two years, after two years his stay here ceases, and he must leave the country.
[00:25:29]One of the most important channels of economic migration: labor rental companies.
[00:25:35]It is convenient for the industries.
[00:25:38]If they happen to need more people, they hire.
[00:25:40]If they need fewer, they lay off.
[00:25:43]Labor adapts to industrial cycles, and the risk is borne by the worker.
[00:25:56]They can't speak up, they are very afraid.
[00:25:59]In Filipino culture they would fire them, and that's why instead they do everything, and they rather don't ask.
[00:26:07]And at such times, who do they look for first?
[00:26:07]The priest.
[00:26:10]...for all the blessings you have bestowed upon us throughout the week.
[00:26:14]The priest in the Philippines is like a king, he has authority like a mayor or like a head of state.
[00:26:23]There, in this sense, there is very very big distrust towards the state.
[00:26:27]Very very.
[00:26:32]And that's why at such times the priest gets a big role.
[00:26:35]The priest will protect them, somehow like this.
[00:26:39]This distrust has deep roots.
[00:26:43]The West brought not only Christianity to Southeast Asia, but also colonial rule.
[00:26:49]Even after the Philippines became independent, it could not completely break away from this heritage.
[00:26:55]Traditional communities and institutions became fragmented.
[00:26:59]Political and economic power concentrated in the hands of a few families for decades.
[00:27:06]Meanwhile in the region, manufacturing became one of the engines of rise.
[00:27:12]The Asian Tigers built up export-oriented industry.
[00:27:15]They manufactured clothing, electronics, later chips and cars for the world market.
[00:27:27]The Philippines, however, continued to rely strongly on agriculture.
[00:27:32]While the neighboring countries began rapid industrialization, the Philippines largely missed out on the process.
[00:27:43]Population, unemployment and state debt grew.
[00:27:49]Social tensions kept strengthening.
[00:27:54]In response, in 1974 the Labor Export Policy was born.
[00:28:07]They couldn't have educated us.
[00:28:10]So after I was born, my dad left for Saudi Arabia, between '83 and '89.
[00:28:18]I stayed at home with my mom.
[00:28:21]Then my mom decided that she would go.
[00:28:25]Then in 93 my mom left to work in Italy.
[00:28:30]And... After 6 and a half years we saw my mom for the first time.
[00:28:39]You know, before my father got abroad in Saudi Arabia, we just received letters.
[00:28:45]But now we have the technology, we have the cell phone, we have the tablets, we have the the computer we have the internet.
[00:28:52]We can see each other face to face.
[00:28:54]Sometimes in my rest day I spend hours talking to them.
[00:29:00]We have that great time and opportunity to talk to each other, that we can see each other's face, you know.
[00:29:07]Okay, bye!
[00:29:09]I love you.
[00:29:11]Okay, I love you, bye!
[00:29:12]I love you darling!
[00:29:13]I love you, goodbye!
[00:29:16]Okay, bye!
[00:29:17]Have a nice day, bye everyone!
[00:29:20]I love you!
[00:29:26]So one of the biggest asset of the Philippines is the Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW).
[00:29:33]I'm helping our country to boom the economy.
[00:29:38]I am sending two-thirds of my salary.
[00:29:42]You need to send them 60% and you have to save 40% for you.
[00:29:47]I give my salary, 65% to 70%.
[00:29:55]So that's why we have opportunity, very big opportunity to come here.
[00:30:02]When someone goes abroad, they send most of their salary home.
[00:30:08]I met a father, who lived on 18,000 forints (€50) a month.
[00:30:17]You need to check your priority.
[00:30:19]So what is your need and what is your wants?
[00:30:22]Every Overseas Filipino Worker works for their family, not only for their own good.
[00:30:29]It is enough for them to... to live a better life.
[00:30:35]It's all about survival.
[00:30:37]So we can have good food laid on our tables for my children, for my wife, for my brothers, my sisters.
[00:30:47]I did not experience them to live extravagant.
[00:30:52]The global remittance economy has become enormous by now, and it just keeps growing.
[00:30:58]And the Philippines is among the world leaders.
[00:31:02]Almost 10% of its GDP was made up of remittances.
[00:31:06]Every 10th Filipino works abroad.
[00:31:12]This flow of global capital and labor has no international institutional system, that regulates, keeps in check these processes.
[00:31:23]Apart from cooperation between states the market controls the flow of this huge mass of people.
[00:31:30]An entire industry has been built up around migration.
[00:31:35]Miriam did not finish college.
[00:31:37]So when another sibling also stopped studying, she decided to try her luck.
[00:31:43]This year on June 22nd she flies to Hungary, to work as a factory worker.
[00:31:51]The Hungarians' goal by the end of this year is 10,000 Filipino workers.
[00:31:59]Requirement is two years of experience in the position applied for and being physically fit, although at some employers there is also a height requirement.
[00:32:07]Warning from the Department of Migrant Workers: beware of illegal recruiters!
[00:32:11]I guess the opportunity came, that one can come to Hungary, which was a surprise for us honestly, because for the Philippines to get to Europe, well how?
[00:32:26]How much does it cost?
[00:32:28]3.5 million forints.
[00:32:28](€10,000) For one person to be able to get abroad.
[00:32:37]And this is a great fortune.
[00:32:38]And what costs so much?
[00:32:41]The recruitment agency has to be paid.
[00:32:46]So basically a Filipino starts out with debt.
[00:32:50]They start out having to pay for their plane ticket, the cost of the entire journey.
[00:32:57]So when they leave, they have a little money for the whole family, so that they don't starve for at least a month.
[00:33:04]All this has to be provided.
[00:33:08]And this is a very large sum.
[00:33:08]I know.
[00:33:11]Many many Filipinos come into debt just to get here.
[00:33:16]So they will just pay it after they got salary here, they got the income, little by little.
[00:33:25]But to tell you directly, if a Filipino is given the chance to work abroad, they will take the opportunity working abroad.
[00:33:36]It's worth it, it's worth it.
[00:33:38]Because at least, let's say, they have a two-year work contract.
[00:33:43]Then at least for those two years, that's better than a half-year job opportunity in the Philippines.
[00:33:51]They can finish paying off that debt during the two years.
[00:33:55]And it's already a big thing that they can finish it, and meanwhile the child can eat and study.
[00:34:02]I know it because I grew up in this as a child.
[00:34:06]I was wondering whether I would be able to, to change the... The what?
[00:34:11]The diaper, so... Change what?
[00:34:13]The diaper.
[00:34:14]Because we were assigned to a retirement home.
[00:34:18]Well, there was a little problem for us, because our original job order was for hotel cleaning work.
[00:34:28]We only found out after our arrival, that we would be working in a retirement home.
[00:34:34]I was actually shocked, because I didn't know what to do.
[00:34:38]That's how I am, when I first face something.
[00:34:40]But I will get used to it.
[00:34:42]I will get used to it, because this is part of the job... Not all agencies are good for going outside the country in the Philippines, but some other agencies are scammers.
[00:34:58]I encountered a case a week ago, that a Hungarian recruiter, to whom the workers had already paid everything, still asked the family in the Philippines to pay 110,000 pesos.
[00:35:14]Which is almost a million forints (€2750), but when they asked for that money, they had them sign a paper, that this did not happen.
[00:35:25]Imagine that!
[00:35:28]That Filipino went along with it, because he needs the work, but it hurts him.
[00:35:32]And now that I found this out, and I have all the evidence, he sent it to me, and now I will work on this.
[00:35:53]There is a group, Filipinos, who contacted me.
[00:35:59]In the matter, that the employer took from them their passports, their social security cards, and their tax cards, which I think is not lawful, because without them they cannot leave their accommodation.
[00:36:17]And... In this, how can you help them?
[00:36:23]Because they are afraid to notify the authority, because they have it in their heads, that if they speak up, they will lose their jobs, and they won't be able to pay off their debt at home.
[00:36:33]The problem with this is that the employer, if the employment relationship ceases, must report the termination of the employment relationship to the government authority, and by force of law, on the sixth day following the report the residence permit becomes invalid.
[00:36:49]So practically they have almost no chance to seek legal remedy.
[00:36:55]This kind of regulation forms the hotbed for employing third-country nationals under such exploitative conditions.
[00:37:07]There is an EU regulation, a so-called directive, whose transposition into domestic law should have already been done by the Hungarian State.
[00:37:20]The deadline for this expired at the end of May, and it states that all persons with a residence permit tied to employment can be unemployed for three or even six months, and during that time they cannot be expelled from the country.
[00:37:41]So this Hungarian rule, that I just mentioned, is practically contrary to EU law.
[00:37:49]We asked several ministries, why Hungary has not yet transposed the EU directive protecting guest workers, the Ministry of Interior sent the following reply: "...a comprehensive review is underway on the topic..." "We can provide information regarding a concrete draft legislative amendment following the review."
[00:38:38]Every year we go home to the Philippines to have a vacation.
[00:38:38]It is one month.
[00:38:43]So we enjoy one month vacation with our children.
[00:38:46]We go outside, we go to our province, we go to our native land to enjoy.
[00:38:52]I almost have one month and counting days to stay here because it is the end of my contract.
[00:38:59]So around November or the last week of October I will go home.
[00:39:06]Five years, and I'm going home or 10 years maybe.
[00:39:14]Maybe I'm targeting five years, In five years.
[00:39:18]But at the time it is needed, and I need to go abroad, I need to go overseas, I will do it again.
[00:39:28]So that's why I'm looking for another job.
[00:39:28]Either in this country or in an other country to support my family.
[00:39:36]Since I have my child, I sacrificed to her like nine months.
[00:39:41]Whenever I go as an OFW, I leave her for nine months.
[00:39:48]So whenever I come back, yes, she's very big.
[00:39:52]I miss the birthdays of my wife, birthday of my sons, birthday of my father, mother, anniversaries.
[00:40:01]I don't know when my youngest spoke the very first word, you know.
[00:40:08]And this cuteness of his very young age, the love, the smiles, ohh, it's very hard.
[00:40:18]I just see it on the telephone, ohh, but it's not enough.
[00:40:24]It's not enough.
[00:40:34]Sometimes I feel loneliness because I miss them, I miss my children.
[00:40:40]I miss my children hugging.
[00:40:42]Being away from family, the loneliness, if you want to hug them... I miss, of course, hugging my family.
[00:40:54]Hugging my son with my bare hands, hugging my wife, hugging my father, my mother.
[00:41:01]I miss their birthday, the important days because we are here.
[00:41:07]We have a lot of sacrifice, all of the Filipinos.
[00:41:11]And what I miss most is Christmas.
[00:41:15]You know, I've been spending here Christmas for three years.
[00:41:20]They can see us happy here in Hungary, but on the other side, we are crying because we miss them.
[00:41:29]So that's why, that's our dream of all OFW, that someday we can go home to work locally.
[00:41:51]I am very happy about this mission and this task, because I always think of my parents.
[00:42:00]Because it's not certain that back then, when my parents were in such a situation, they would have received help.
[00:42:09]Through my compatriots I realized how great a sacrifice my parents made, what they undertook for us, so that we could study.