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Home minister: Immigration depots facing capacity pressure amid daily enforcement operations

MACHANG, Oct 17 — Immigration depots nationwide are facing capacity pressures due to daily enforcement operations against undocumented migrants, Home Minister Datuk Seri...

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Immigration depots across Malaysia are overcrowded due to daily enforcement against undocumented migrants, with facilities having a combined capacity for around 20,000 individuals.

Authorities use data mapping to identify areas with high foreign national concentrations, impacting enforcement and detention of those with expired or misused documents.

Perlis, Kedah, Kelantan, and Terengganu have drug case rates above the national threshold, prompting targeted prevention and enforcement measures involving multiple agencies and community outreach.

MACHANG, Oct 17 — Immigration depots nationwide are facing capacity pressures due to daily enforcement operations against undocumented migrants, Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said.

He said the depots had a combined capacity of about 20,000 people, but the continuous arrival of individuals detained during enforcement operations had led to overcrowding.

The increase in detainees is also result of the Immigration Department’s mapping of areas with high concentrations of foreign nationals based on data collected and analysed from enforcement operations nationwide.

“The mapping exercise enables the authorities to identify areas that are frequently used as settlements or gathering places by foreign nationals.

“Those detained may include individuals without travel documents, those holding expired passes, those who have misused their passes, or individuals with refugee status,” he said.

Saifuddin Nasution was speaking at a press conference after attending the Home Ministry’s 2026 Madani Adopted Village and Madani Adopted School launch ceremony here today.

He said action against each category had to take into account the individuals’ respective status and legal position, adding that enforcement operations also involved other enforcement agencies and local authorities.

Meanwhile, Perlis, Kedah, Kelantan and Terengganu had been identified as the four states recording drug-related case rates above the national threshold, based on figures per 100,000 population.

Saifuddin Nasution explained that the assessment was based on data from four sources, using a calculation method that referred to international standards.

Pendang in Kedah recorded the highest rate in the country, followed by Kuala Krai in second place.

Other districts identified were Tumpat, Tanah Merah and Bachok in Kelantan, as well as Besut in Terengganu, all of which recorded rates exceeding 1,000 cases per 100,000 population.

The data would be used to identify areas requiring more targeted prevention and enforcement measures, he said.

Saifuddin Nasution stressed that cooperation between the Home Ministry, National Anti-Drug Agency (AADK), police and state governments was crucial to intensifying awareness and prevention programmes in the affected areas.

These efforts would include community outreach programmes to educate the public and raise awareness of the dangers of drug abuse. — Bernama

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由于每天都在对非法移民进行执法，马来西亚各地的移民拘留中心人满为患，这些设施的总容量约为 20,000 人。

当局利用数据地图来识别外国人高度集中的地区，从而影响对持有过期或滥用证件者的执法和拘留。

玻璃市、吉打、吉兰丹和登嘉楼的毒品案件发生率均高于全国标准，因此需要采取有针对性的预防和执法措施，涉及多个机构和社区外展活动。

马章，10月17日讯——内政部长拿督斯里赛夫丁·纳苏蒂安·伊斯梅尔表示，由于每天都要对非法移民进行执法行动，全国各地的移民拘留中心都面临着容量压力。

他说，这些拘留中心的总容量约为 2 万人，但执法行动中被拘留人员的不断涌入导致了过度拥挤。

被拘留者人数的增加也是移民局根据从全国执法行动中收集和分析的数据，绘制外国公民高度集中地区的地图的结果。

“此次测绘工作使当局能够确定外国公民经常用作定居点或聚集地的区域。

他说：“被拘留者可能包括没有旅行证件的人、持有过期通行证的人、滥用通行证的人，或者具有难民身份的人。”