PUTRAJAYA: The Home Ministry will submit a report on the implementation of the Special Refugee and Asylum Seeker Detention Centre in Bidor, Perak, to the Cabinet next month, says Home Minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail.
Saifuddin said the report on the refugee centre would be tabled to the Cabinet following a request by Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim during the National Economic Action Council meeting on Tuesday (May 19).
He said Home Ministry deputy secretary-general Abdul Halim Abdul Rahman had been instructed to prepare the Cabinet memorandum on the matter as soon as possible.
"By the second week of June, we will present it as a Cabinet memorandum to fellow ministers following the Prime Minister's request. We now have the opportunity to provide details on a special project currently being carried out in line with the responsibility entrusted to us by the NSC under the framework of Comprehensive Refugee Management," he said.
Speaking at the 2025 Excellent Service Award ceremony of the Immigration Department here on Tuesday, Saifuddin said the implementation of the Special Refugee and Asylum Seeker Detention Centre in Bidor would become a game changer for comprehensive refugee management in Malaysia.
"It is a major project that will determine the success of, and has the potential to become, a game changer for comprehensive refugee management in our country," he said.
Previously, the Home Ministry had taken proactive steps to strengthen policies involving the management of foreigners, including refugees and asylum seekers, through the establishment of the refugee centre in Bidor.
The modern facility serves not only as a screening and documentation centre, but also as a National Reference Centre for security screening, biometric verification, documentation and status assessment.
