KUCHING: Sarawak has received 60 requests for temporary documents from stateless individuals below the age of 21 since applications opened on Nov 1.
State Women, Childhood and Community Wellbeing Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said the state government decided earlier this year to issue these documents while those affected await Malaysian citizenship, which is under the Federal Government's jurisdiction."The temporary documents will allow them to have access to education and healthcare as they wait for their citizenship applications to be approved.
Fatimah said applications for the documents could be made at her ministry or district offices statewide.Applicants must have a birth certificate issued in Sarawak and have applied for citizenship under Article 15A of the Federal Constitution.The application process is expected to take about a month. The programme will kick off at the community social support centre here on Dec 2, before going to Sepupok, Niah , Lawas and Sibu ."These are areas where there is a substantial number of stateless children.
Earlier, Fatimah witnessed the handover of a citizenship document under Article 15A to four-year-old Mikayla Hanna, which was received by her parents Yusuf Kamil and Nuridzyan Syazwani Ja'afar.
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