2 detained toddlers to be deported tomorrow, says Immigration Dept

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The undocmented Filipino children, aged below two, have been held at Bukit Jalil detention centre since mid-June.  

The Immigration Department will deport two undocumented children to their home country of Philippines tomorrow, the department’s director-general Khairul Dzaimee Daud reportedly said.“The babies will be released and deported to their country by tomorrow, July 3, 2019,” he reportedly toldHe also reportedly insisted that basic facilities are provided for children held at its detention facilities, and shared photos of children playing in the nursery room at the centre.

Their mothers are Philippine citizens who hold valid Malaysian visas, but were not home at the time of the raid, said the migrant rights NGO Tenaganita in a statement earlier today. She said the children had remained in detention despite intervention from the Philippines embassy and Women, Family and Community Development Deputy Minister Hannah Yeoh.According to Glorene, the Immigration Department had said that the children would be released and deported to the Philippines along with their mothers once the Philippines embassy provided travel documents.

However, the detention centre officers purportedly did not know about the order and and said they were awaiting instructions from Putrajaya.

 

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