In a news report by Free Malaysia Today (FMT), the activist group, the End Detention Network which claims to speak for foreign children in detention facilities considers the new Baitul Mahabbah shelter a de facto detention center. The group urged the government to keep its promise to permanently remove children from detention facilities, claiming that by keeping these children in such facilities would continue to deprive them of their rights. According to the organization, many nations are now concentrating their efforts on providing community-based, non-institutional care and safety to refugee and migrant children as well as completely halting the detention of foreign children. What is the Baitul Mahabbah? Baitul Mahabbah in Negri Sembilan The Home Ministry established Baitul Mahabbah as a transitional housing facility for immigrant children who had previously been housed at immigration depots. Baitul Mahabbah's mission is to house these children temporarily until their paperwork
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