OMRI DAILY DIGEST
No. 146, 30 July 1996


BIGGEST HUNGARIAN REFUGEE CAMP TO CLOSE DOWN. Owing to financing
problems, the Hungarian authorities will close down the country's
biggest refugee camp, AFP reported on 29 July, quoting an Interior
Ministry official. The Nagyatad camp currently houses some 600 refugees
from the former Yugoslavia, who will soon be transferred to a camp at
Debrecen. At present, neither camp is used to full capacity. According
to the ministry, the camp must be closed because this year's budget
allocation for refugee support has been cut from $6.54 million to $5.2
million. Since the war broke out in the former Yugoslavia, Hungary has
spent more than $1.3 million yearly on the Nagyatad camp alone. --
Zsofia Szilagyi

HUNGARIAN TEACHERS ARE LOWEST PAID PUBLIC SERVANTS. According to a Labor
Ministry report, employees in the education sector are the lowest paid
among public servants, Nepszabadsag reported on 30 July. Primary school
and kindergarten teachers earn 38,000 forints ($250) and 32,000 forints
a month, respectively, placing them last among professionals. High
school teachers earned an average 45,000 forints a month last year,
while university and college professors earned 53,000 forints. At the
top of the list are lawyers and financial sector employees, with average
gross monthly earnings of 111,000 and 76,000 forints, respectively. --
Zsofia Szilagyi

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