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Covid, scabies, beatings: A refugee's story in M'sian detention

Covid, scabies, beatings: A refugee's story in M'sian detention

Malaysiakini has retracted this article following a request.
RCI needed to reform immigration, Suaram tells Home Ministry

RCI needed to reform immigration, Suaram tells Home Ministry

'Address systemic factors that lead to abusive conditions in detention centres.'
Detention options: Ministry studying community-based programmes

Detention options: Ministry studying community-based programmes

Saifuddin says it is also learning from Thailand on other methods.
Govt urged to release children in immigration depots, detention centres

Govt urged to release children in immigration depots, detention centres

Detention of any form is never in a child’s best interest, says End Detention Network.
UN urges govt to restore monitoring access to detention centres

UN urges govt to restore monitoring access to detention centres

UPDATED 8.28PM | Human rights commissioner urges review of 'colonial-era' laws.
Minister doubles down, calls migrant abuse report 'irresponsible'

Minister doubles down, calls migrant abuse report 'irresponsible'

Hope govt's 'more credible' explanation will neutralise accusations, Saifuddin says.
Saifuddin chided for brushing off report on tortured detainees

Saifuddin chided for brushing off report on tortured detainees

Rights groups urge govt to grant them access to detention centres.
Custodial abuse claims: LFL calls Saifuddin's dismissal 'ridiculous'

Custodial abuse claims: LFL calls Saifuddin's dismissal 'ridiculous'

Zaid says abuse allegation at Kimanis detention centre very serious.
YOURSAY | Hamzah, they didn’t come here to die in our detention camps

YOURSAY | Hamzah, they didn’t come here to die in our detention camps

'Each time he says something, it stinks of pure arrogance.'
Nurul Izzah urges for update on migrant kids in detention centres

Nurul Izzah urges for update on migrant kids in detention centres

Support the most vulnerable segments of society, the MP says.
Hamzah: 104 detention depot escapees still at large

Hamzah: 104 detention depot escapees still at large

At 7pm yesterday, 424 of the 528 escapees have been re-arrested.

Why detain refugees if govt can't deport them? – Suhakam

Why detain refugees if govt can't deport them? – Suhakam

Their concerns include grounds of arrest and manner of detention.
Escapees broke out of immigration depot using bare hands - DG

Escapees broke out of immigration depot using bare hands - DG

Earlier this morning, 528 inmates fled the depot. 
Unicef voices concern about the safety of migrant children in Libya

Unicef voices concern about the safety of migrant children in Libya

These are the children held in detention centres in Tripoli.

Singaporean's detention by M'sian authorities was illegal, court decides

Singaporean's detention by M'sian authorities was illegal, court decides

Immigration failed to produce detainee, 63, before a magistrate within 14 days.

Police identifying 5 facilities to be used as temporary detention depots

Police identifying 5 facilities to be used as temporary detention depots

National Service Training Programme camps, Kem Bina Negara, and other suitable facilities being considered.

APPGM: Seizing buildings as detention depots may cause Covid-19 outbreak

APPGM: Seizing buildings as detention depots may cause Covid-19 outbreak

The bipartisan parliamentary group says such a move will also create a logistics and resources nightmare.

MPs, senators across the aisle unite over prison reform

MPs, senators across the aisle unite over prison reform

A bipartisan committee has been set up to resolve overcrowded prisons and detention centres.

KK temporary detention centre to be under EMCO from Nov 3-16

KK temporary detention centre to be under EMCO from Nov 3-16

Minister also announces the end of the EMCO at the Alor Setar Prison in Kedah tomorrow.

Lawyers warned of Covid-19 risk at detention centre

Lawyers warned of Covid-19 risk at detention centre

COVID-19 | KL Bar warns members to take extra precautions when attending to clients at Jinjang remand centre.

Indonesian, M'sian human rights commissions want detention centre reform

Indonesian, M'sian human rights commissions want detention centre reform

Indonesian deportees claim they witnessed beatings, disinfectant baths, child labour and more while held at Sabah centres.

Deported Indonesian migrants say they were abused, treated in degrading manner

Deported Indonesian migrants say they were abused, treated in degrading manner

National Human Rights Commission of Indonesia says violations of human rights 'took place systematically and on an immense scale...'

Two children died in immigration detention in the past 5 years

Two children died in immigration detention in the past 5 years

Both died of bacterial infection, says Home Minister Hamzah Zainuddin in a written reply in Parliament.

YOURSAY | Root cause of undocumented migrants is poor enforcement

YOURSAY | Root cause of undocumented migrants is poor enforcement

‘Who let them in and sustained their presence with countless amnesty exercises?’