RIYADH — The Saudi safety authorities have arrested a complete of 19,077 unlawful residents over the last week. The arrests had been made within the joint inspections, carried out by the safety forces in collaboration with the related authorities businesses, through the interval between February 19 and 25, the Ministry of Inside revealed on Saturday.
Those that had been arrested embody 13,215 violators of the Residency Legislation, 3,396 violators of the Border Safety Legislation, and a pair of,466 violators of the Labor Legislation. A complete of 14,982 violators had been referred to their diplomatic missions to acquire journey paperwork whereas 1,364 violators had been referred to finish their journey reservations and 11,040 violators had been deported.
The overall quantity of people that had been arrested whereas making an attempt to cross the border into the Kingdom accounted for 1,615, of whom 34 p.c had been Yemeni nationals, 64 p.c Ethiopian nationals, and two p.c belonged to different nationalities. A complete of 70 folks had been arrested whereas trying to depart the Kingdom illegally.
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Some 10 folks concerned in giving transportation, shelter, and employment for violators had been additionally arrested. A complete of 20,712 expatriates, together with 19,304 males and 1,408 ladies, are presently present process procedures to implement authorized measures towards them.
The Ministry of Inside has warned that any individual, who facilitates the unlawful entry of people into the Kingdom, transports them on its territory, offers them with shelter or some other help or service, will likely be penalized with as much as 15 years in jail and a high quality of as much as SR1 million, and that the autos used for transportation or homes used for giving shelter will likely be confiscated.
The ministry urged the general public to report any circumstances of violation by calling the quantity 911 within the areas of Makkah, Riyadh, and the Japanese Province and the numbers 999 and 996 in the remainder of the Kingdom’s areas.
