Pension after working in Hungary

The last time ( just around 2 years back) my Hungarian husband went into the HU Social Security office to ask this.
At the time they said the min. was 15 years of work in HU.
The min. SS is so low anyways, around $150. a month in US dollars!
He only worked (I say only in jest as he started at age 14, the best years of his life) 9 years in HU before picking up and walking away in 1971.
$150. is not much cash but the idea of it being owned and not collecting for giving up ones youth does make us ill.
On the other hand, my older sister worked at a news station in London from around 1969 to 1979.
10 years of work in the UK, legal paid taxes as an American.
She moved back to the US after her divorce in England. Now she is 68 years old and only collecting from the US. I wonder if those 10 years in the UK are due her at all, she could use it about now.
We were told in Budapest at the SS office that there is an option to pay into SS and then collect the min.
But why bother for such a small amount of monthly income?
Those payments all depend on how many years you owe the system your sweat.
They figure it out at the office, certain amount owed the system for every year you didn't pay into it.
My husband owes them 6 years, sounds like a prison sentence not a pension plan.
On the bright side from what I know a women has to be at least 60 and a man 62 to start collecting if you have the 15 years behind you. I also believe you can collect earlier even in your youth if the 15 years are there, don't quote me on that part though, these rules are always changing. 5 years ago it was only 10 year owned, now it is 15, could be going up as we write.

Marilyn Tassy wrote:

But why bother for such a small amount of monthly income?

I agree.

It is very unfair, but IMHO just consider your Social taxes here in Hungary as gone.

Invest in a private personal retirement account, or pay into your home national retirement plan, as I expect it will pay off far better than anything Hungary will offer you.