This is a compilation of the tweets by the MENA Regional Coordinator of the International Detention Coalition. For live updates, follow @IDC_MENA


Regional: Regional mixed migration summary for February 2015 covering mixed migration events, trends and data for Yemen, Djibouti, Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, South Sudan, Israel and Kenya.

Fantastic infographic highlights detention and deportation practices in the Gulf

United Arab Emirates: Serious concerns for workers rights in high profile Saadiyat Island building project in Abu Dhabi have not been resolved. Human Rights Watch reports on the arbitrary detention and deportation of striking workers.

Morocco: Contradictions in law and practice in new immigration policies, as migrants scattered in unexpected police sweeps.

Israel: Interview with ACRI  on the 2300 African refugees detained in the Holot detention facility in Israel. Extremely low recognition rates of Sudanese and Eritrean asylum seekers in Israel is far below international standards.

Egypt: Syrian and Syrian-Palestinian refugees on hunger strike in protest of over 100 days of detention without charge in Karmouz police station in Alexandria, Egypt.