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Today, we live in the world where study abroad is common. Where, it used to be a special privilege for wealthy people. Not only because of the tuition fees that very expensive, but the visa requirements are also the barriers that holding up people to study overseas. Luckily, today we can fulfil our knowledge desire by studying overseas easily despite the fact that visa requirements is still an issue. However, the growing numbers of international students have become an income for the country destination.

As a human being, international student has needs to be fulfilled. Thing such as accommodation, food and transportation are the most common needs for the student. Unfortunately, the growing number has not been accompanied by an increase in services for the students. Let’s take example of Australia. Many students have had negative experiences during their study in Australia which occur unexpectedly and they find much difficulty in handling their problems. Often problems occur because they simply do not have any knowledge of the laws of the country. Furthermore, they do not have any idea to find support or help which is available to them.

One of the newsletters created by RMIT journalism on their blog which called “City Journal”, they examine this particular problem. “They are targets of unscrupulous landlords, can be subject to discrimination and much of the outwardly comfortable looking housing that is developed especially for them is cramped, expensive and unregulated,”(City Journal, par. 4). In other words, it seems that international students are the target of being tricked by the unscrupulous landlord since English is not their first language.

From here, we can see that international student is not as simple as it sounds. Their objectivity has turned from simply study at foreign county into a person who have complex problem. They have to deal with so many things in their everyday life.

Reference:

City Journal. (2008) Far From Home: The International Student Housing Crisis. Retrieved September 24, 2010, from http://www.cityjournal.dsc.rmit.edu.au/video/upload.swf