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BYD’s first European factory is mired in allegations of worker abuse, debt bondage, and seven-day working weeks at the Hungarian construction site
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Hungary’s Budapest airport displays Chinese signage to facilitate workers for BYD’s electric vehicle plant opening in 2027, part of Viktor Orbán’s strategic partnership with China. The factory, under construction in Szeged, faces allegations of labour rights violations including seven-day work weeks, recruitment debt, and visa breaches among migrant workers, according to China Labor Watch. A February death at the site and reports of tuberculosis cases among workers have raised health concerns. The new Hungarian government has promised to review Chinese industrial investments in the country.
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BYD’s first European factory is mired in allegations of worker abuse, debt bondage, and seven-day working weeks at the Hungarian construction site
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