The government recently lifted restrictions on the employment in Hungary of foreign nationals from neighboring countries that are not EU members states, namely Ukraine and Serbia, to ease the labor shortage, state news agency MTI recalled.

The measure applies to a broad range of jobs including nurse, cashier, telecommunications engineer, software developer, cook, maid, electrician, CNC operator and furniture maker.  

Cseresnyés noted in the letter posted on the website of Parliament that work permits for 65,000 non-EU citizens were issued by Hungary in 2004, the countryʼs accession year. The number has fallen since 2010, he added.