Refugees

The school year in Lebanon is expected to begin on September 15, but about 80 schools are still serving as shelters for families displaced from their homes by the war. About 340 schools were damaged and about 30 were completely destroyed, and the Ministry of Education is preparing to return students to classrooms: "We have a solution for every shelter, and no student will be left without a place."

More than 15,000 families have arrived in El-Obeid since mid-July. Over 200,000 people arrived in the city in the first half of the year, with the majority being women and children.

2 million people watched the "Seik Cosmetics" song about Hamas ("Hamas, you cowards / from the IDF you run"), but he was a web phenomenon even before that. Hundreds of thousands of followers already know his humor ("Tired of itching? Come buy a bedding set"), but they don't know he is more than just a business owner at the Central Bus Station in Tel Aviv who blew up on TikTok. He is also a refugee...

After years of lenient policy, Denmark is changing course: 14 regions in Ukraine will be considered relatively safe, thousands of benefit recipients will be required to work, and men subject to conscription are also in the crosshairs.

Two soccer players from the Iranian women's national team, Fatemeh Pasandideh and Atefeh Ramezanizadeh, received Australian citizenship after a long journey that began with the decision to leave their team during the Asian Cup held in Australia. The two sought asylum for fear that they would have to face severe consequences if they returned to Iran.