Chapter 2 - Report of the Complaints, Monitoring and Inquiries Group Currently there are twelve IDCs which hold detainees including children. Alternatives to detention (ATD) may be one of the solutions to resolve issues of children in immigration detention. The children in detention are divided into the following categories: • Boys and girls under 12 years old (staying in female blocks) • Boys age 13-18 years old (staying in male blocks) Table 5: Statistics of Children in Detention by Depot (as of 26 Sept 2014) CHILDREN IN DETENTION LOCATION Below 12 years old 13-18 years old Male Female Male Female TOTAL 1. Semenyih 82 13 65 6 166 2. Tanah Merah 159 29 0 0 188 3. Ajil 7 16 95 9 127 4. Lenggeng 22 5 0 0 27 5. Bukit Jalil 6 3 120 6 135 6. KLIA 56 48 0 0 104 7. Juru 12 10 101 12 135 8. Langkap 12 16 122 6 156 9. Pekan Nanas 2 2 62 2 68 10. Bekenu 0 0 0 0 0 11. Machap Umboo 8 8 55 19 90 12. Semuja 0 0 0 0 0 366 150 620 60 1196 Total Detention centres serve as transit points before the undocumented migrants are deported back to their home countries. There are no separate detention blocks with facilities for children except in Ajil Detention Centre. However, after Operasi Bersepadu,5 all IDCs are overcrowded and the Immigration Department had to send the children to other centres in other parts of the country. Subsequently the play area for children in Ajil Detention Centre was permanently closed down. At the detention centres, the children are provided with shelter, food, and healthcare but there are no education facilities due to the nature of temporary detention. The Malaysian Government does not fund the costs of deportation, which are borne by the relevant embassies and their family members which further delays the deportation process, resulting in prolonged detention of the adults detained which affects the children as well. 5 50 Operasi Bersepadu (Phase 2) was an exercise carried out by the Immigration Department from 21 January to November 2014 to address the issue of undocumented persons in Malaysia