Foreign student accommodation survey reveals large number of scam victims

Almost 20% of respondents said they shared a room with two people or more, with one Indian postgraduate student sharing their experience of living with 16 other people who all shared one kitchen and three bathrooms. Picture: Mark Stedman/RollingNews.ie

A Bangladeshi student who came to Ireland to study ended up having to sleep in a car as they could not find accommodation.

The student was one of 465 foreign students who participated in a survey undertaken by the Irish Council for International Students about Ireland’s accommodation crisis.