In Cheap , the controversy on the 2022 Annual Report of the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam) brought ahead considerations concerning child welfare and the empowerment of children’s rights. Ahmad Tarmizi Sulaiman urged the government to put an end to the detention of refugee youngsters and families by implementing initiatives such because the Alternative to Detention (ATD) pilot programme, which supplies momentary shelter for unaccompanied and separated kids under detention.
Sulaiman argued that detaining youngsters at immigration detention depots is harmful to their mental and physical health and can be 90% costlier than different care programmes that provide safety to refugee kids in Malaysia. He called on the Women, Family and Community Development Ministry and the Home Ministry to implement the ATD programme and evaluation its scope and standards to incorporate other resolutions apart from repatriation.
Datuk Seri Madius Tangau highlighted the problem of unregistered kids because of marriages among the many indigenous individuals of Sabah and Sarawak, which observe customary laws. He identified that youngsters without delivery certificates continue to be denied citizenship, despite the actual fact that DNA checks can verify their organic relationships with their parents or close family members. Tangau suggested that the house minister use his prerogative to amend the principles to facilitate the citizenship course of for these children..