Over 2,000 children held in immigration depots
More than 2,000 children are being held in immigration depots across the country, the government revealed today.
Home minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said that as of Aug 31, 2,196 children were detained, making up 11% of the 20,143 undocumented migrants currently in custody at 18 immigration depots and two temporary facilities.
The latest figure of 2,196 children indicates a sharp rise from the last available figures from the home ministry, which said in 2023 that there were more than 1,300 children held in immigration depots in that year and also in 2022.
In February 2023, Saifuddin said children detained at immigration depots would soon be removed from the depots and placed in the care of child welfare organisations.
“Very soon, I will bring them out,” he had said.
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