Hungary — Social Inclusion of Refugees from Ukraine (January - March 2024)

Key Findings

• Nearly half of respondents experienced inclusion problems related to housing (42%), followed by lack of employment (33%), lack of access to services (13%) and problems related to access to school (5%).*
• Language barrier was the main inclusion challenge experienced by 54 per cent of respondents, followed by financial barrier (51%). Another 16 per cent experienced discrimination while in displacement.*
• The most important needs cited by respondents were financial support (77%) and food assistance (60%). This was followed by health-care services (39%) and the need for long-term housing (38%).
• Most respondents faced financial insecurity, as seven out of ten (71%) respondents would have been unable to cover an unexpected expense of 100 euros.
• Among unemployed respondents, 62 per cent were in need of labour market counseling.
• Among respondents, 23 per cent shared meals with locals at least once a month and communicated with locals at least 3 times a month.
• Among respondents, 33 per cent rarely or never felt like an outsider and had at least a moderately strong connection to the host country.
• Close connection to the host community increased from 56 per cent among those having stayed for 1 year or less in Hungary to 81 per cent among those having spent more than 2 years in the country.
• Among respondents, 72 per cent enrolled their infants (0-4 years old) in childcare facilities while 84 per cent enrolled their children (5-17 years old) in local schools.
• Two-thirds of respondents were registered with a general practitioner (66%) and 79 per cent registered their children with a paediatrician.
• Of all respondents, 56 per cent found visiting a doctor difficult. Among them, the main problems included language barrier (50%), long queues (31%) and the lack of documents (9%).*

*Multiple answers possible