KUALA LUMPUR: Efforts by the government to remove children from immigration depots will have a huge impact on them after having gone through the unfriendly process of arrest and detention.
Children's Commissioner Dr Farah Nini Dusuki described the detention depot as not a conducive place for a child’s mental or physical development and the negative impact is greater for unaccompanied children.
"Why these children are there, which of course if the offence is a violation of immigration law, it is not their fault they are in such a situation," she added. On Friday , Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail was reported as saying that the Home Ministry will table a paper to the Cabinet regarding the government's efforts to shift children from Immigration detention depots.
"The detention of children on individual grounds or related to the migrant status of their parents, is not at all regulated under the principle of exclusion and does not favour the interests of detained children. Therefore, it is contrary to international human rights law," he said.
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