Immigration Dept denies allegations depots overcrowded, understaffed
KUALA LUMPUR, April 26 — The Immigration Department (Immigration) has denied allegations that the Immigration Depot in Lenggeng, Negri Sembilan was overcrowded, and that three other depots were understaffed.
Immigration director-general Datuk Seri Khairul Dzaimee Daud said the total detention capacity at all 21 Immigration depots throughout Malaysia, including three temporary ones, was 21,150, while the total number of detainees at all the depots as of April 24 was about 17,000.
He said they comprised 12,895 men, 3,211 women, 851 boys and 677 girls, with all the children placed with their respective guardians.
“The total detention capacity at the Lenggeng Immigration Depot in Negri Sembilan is 1,000 people, namely 800 men and 200 women.
“As of April 24 this year, the number of detainees at the Lenggeng Immigration Depot was 779 people comprising 583 men, 173 women, 15 boys and eight girls,” he said in a statement today.
Khairul Dzaimee said in terms of staffing, the department had reviewed its requirements at all depots in 2019, taking into account the actual number of officers required, and the matter had been agreed upon by the central agency including additional posts for four temporary detention centres (PTS) in Sabah, after they were taken over from the National Security Council.
He said Immigration was actively filling vacancies, including those at detention depots, on an ongoing basis.
He was responding to a local media report today on a statement by the Office of the Children’s Commissioner at the Malaysian Human Rights Commission (Suhakam) Prof Datuk Noor Aziah Mohd Awal claiming that the Lenggeng Immigration Depot in Negri Sembilan was overcrowded, while three other depots lacked staff.
Khairul Dzaimee said the department took the statement seriously which was deemed not based on facts and did not give a true picture of the current situation at Immigration depots throughout the country.
“In terms of managing the Immigration Depot, the Immigration always complies with the stipulations in the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (The Nelson Mandela Rules), the Immigration Act 1959/63 (Act 155), the Immigration Regulations 2003 (Administration and Management of Immigration Depots), The Immigration Director-General’s Standing Instructions on the Management and Administration of Immigration Depots and the ICRC’s (International Committee of the Red Cross) guidelines for health aspects,” he said. — Bernama - Malay Mail, 26/4/2022
Depot imigresen Lenggeng sesak, kurang kakitangan
KUALA LUMPUR: Pejabat Pesuruhjaya Kanak-Kanak di Suruhanjaya Hak Asasi Manusia Malaysia (SUHAKAM) memaklumkan keadaan Depot Tahanan Imigresen Lenggeng di Negeri Sembilan sesak dengan tahanan, manakala tiga premis sama kekurangan kakitangan.
Pesuruhjaya Kanak-Kanak, Prof Datuk Noor Aziah Mohd Awal, berkata selain di Lenggeng, dua lagi depot tahanan yang dikesan mengalami kekurangan kakitangan itu ialah Langkawi dan Belantik masing-masing di Kedah.
Katanya, perkara itu dikesan berdasarkan pemerhatian pihaknya semasa lawatan pemantauannya di pusat tahanan imigresen.
Dalam pada itu, beliau berkata pihaknya berdukacita dengan kejadian di mana enam pelarian Myanmar termasuk dua kanak-kanak maut ketika cuba menyeberangi lebuh raya, semasa ratusan pelarian melarikan diri dari Depot Imigresen Sementara Relau Bandar Baharu pada 20 April lalu.
Katanya, kebanyakan tahanan migran dihantar pulang ke negara asal melalui campur tangan wakil kedutaan negara masing-masing,
"Namun pelarian Rohingya di Malaysia tidak boleh dihantar pulang ke Myanmar kerana peruntukan di bawah undang-undang adat antarabangsa, prinsip non-refoulement (melarang penolakan) memberi jaminan bahawa tiada sesiapa harus dihantar pulang ke negara asal di mana mereka akan mengalami penindasan.
"Malaysia tidak menandatangani Konvensyen Pelarian 1951, tetapi Malaysia sebuah negara pihak kepada Konvensyen Mengenai Hak Kanak-Kanak 1989 (CRC).
"Perkara 22 CRC menyatakan bahawa negara pihak harus memastikan kanak-kanak yang mencari status pelarian, atau kanak-kanak yang sudah disahkan sebagai pelarian hendaklah diberikan perlindungan dan bantuan kemanusiaan yang sewajarnya," katanya.
Beliau berkata, kanak-kanak pencari suaka atau yang diberikan status pelarian berhak mendapat hak mereka di bawah empat prinsip utama CRC iaitu tidak boleh didiskriminasi, perlu dilayan dengan kemanusiaan dan rasa hormat, suara harus didengari dan kepentingan terbaik harus diberi keutamaan.
Dalam pada itu, Noor Aziah turut menggesa kerajaan mengambil lima langkah bagi mengelak insiden seperti berlaku di Depot Sementara Relau pada 20 Mei berulang.
Antaranya termasuk memberi kebenaran kepada Suruhanjaya Tinggi Pertubuhan Bangsa-Bangsa Bersatu bagi Pelarian (UNHCR) untuk mengeluarkan kad UNHCR kepada semua pelarian Rohingya, terutamanya yang terbabit dalam rusuhan baru-baru ini.
Beliau berkata, program penempatan semula UNHCR dicadangkan untuk mengutamakan pelarian Rohingya dalam aspirasi ke arah penyelesaian jangka panjang, dalam bentuk penempatan semula ke negara ketiga.
"Kerajaan juga perlu menubuhkan badan bebas terdiri wakil selain Kementerian Dalam Negeri (KDN) bagi menyiasat kejadian terbabit, selain tidak menghukum pelarian Rohingya yang ditangkap semula atau menimbulkan ketakutan atau kebencian dalam kalangan penduduk tempatan di Relau terhadap pelarian Rohingya yang masih bebas.
"Akhir sekali, kerajaan perlu membabitkan kanak-kanak Rohingya
dalam projek rintis alternatif kepada penahanan kerana mereka mempunyai
hak untuk hidup dalam persekitaran lebih selamat dan kondusif, selain
menambah lebih ramai kakitangan di depot imigresen yang kekurangan
kakitangan," katanya. - Berita Harian, 25/4/2022
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