Sepang, Selangor

Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) Immigration Detention Depot

Malaysia

Status

Department of Depot Management, Ministry of Home Affairs

Governmental

Type: 2014 (Last documented use)

Custodial Authority: Not Available

Management: Immigration Department (Interior Ministry)

Detains: Unaccompanied minors, Adult men, Adult women, Accompanied minors

Capacity Reported population Deaths at facility
600
No Data
No Data
Malaysia

15,845

Reported Population (Single Day) (2023)

1,528

Detained Accompanied Children (2022)

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FACILITY NAMES
Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) Immigration Detention Depot
Location

Country: Malaysia

City & Region: Sepang, Selangor, Asia-Pacific

Latitude, Longitude: 2.819684, 101.733684

MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

Center Status

Status Last documented use

2014

Status In use

2007
Facility type

Category Filter Administrative

Type Immigration detention centre

2014

Category Filter Administrative

Type Immigration detention centre

2007
National typology

Name Immigration Depot (Depot Imigresen)

2014
Management

Name Department of Depot Management, Ministry of Home Affairs

Type Governmental

2014
Custodial Authorities

Agency Immigration Department

Ministry Interior Ministry

Ministry Typology Interior or Home Affairs

2014

DETAINEES

Demographics

Name Unaccompanied minors

2014

Name Adult men

2014

Name Adult women

2014

Name Accompanied minors

2014
Categories of detainees

Name Asylum seekers (administrative)

2014

Name Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2014
2010

Name Undocumented migrants (administrative)

2007

SIZE & POPULATION

Capacity (specialised migration-related facility)

Type Standard capacity

Capacity 600

2007

LENGTH OF DETENTION

Detention Timeframe (long, medium, short)

Length Long-term (more than 20 days)

2014

OUTCOMES

CONDITIONS

CARCERAL INDICATORS

External Security Regime

Secure

2014

STAFF

SEGREGATION

Gender Segregation

Yes

2014
Age Segregation

No

2014

CELLS

COMMUNAL SPACE & ACTIVITIES

HEALTH

Reports of Deaths

Yes

2009

MONITORING & ACCESS

Monitors & Civil Society Access

Yes

National ombudsman or human rights institution

2014

Yes

National ombudsman or human rights institution

2013

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