The government is opening two more Baitul Mahabbah (shelters) for children below the age of 10 whose parents are detained at Immigration Department depots.

Home Minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said the two new centres will be opened in Kedah and Johor.

“Currently, we have four Baitul Mahabbah centres: in Nilai, Negeri Sembilan; Papar, Sabah; Miri, Sarawak; and the most recent one at the Tanah Merah Immigration Detention Depot in Kelantan.

Home Minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail (second left) at the opening of the Tanah Merah Baitul Mahabbah

“Altogether, we have 340 children and their guardians housed in the four Baitul Mahabbah centres, and so far, we have deported 84 children,” he told a press conference after opening the Tanah Merah Baitul Mahabbah today.

Also present was Immigration Department director-general Ruslin Jusoh.

- Bernama

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