Saudi Gazette report
RIYADH — A complete of 20,319 unlawful residents had been arrested in Saudi Arabia over the past week. The arrests had been made within the joint inspections, carried out by the safety forces in collaboration with the related authorities companies, in the course of the interval between Aug. 21 and Aug. 27, the Ministry of Inside introduced on Saturday.
Those that had been arrested embody 12,891 violators of the Residency Legislation, 3,888 violators of the Border Safety Legislation, and three,540 violators of the Labor Legislation. A complete of 20,916 violators had been referred to their diplomatic missions to acquire journey paperwork whereas 1,786 violators had been referred to finish their journey reservations and 11,279 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 1,238, of whom 50 p.c had been Yemeni nationals, 49 p.c Ethiopian nationals, and one p.c belonged to different nationalities. A complete of twenty-two individuals had been arrested whereas making an attempt to depart the Kingdom illegally.
Some 16 individuals concerned in giving transportation, shelter, and employment for violators had been additionally arrested. A complete of 27,417 expatriates, together with 24,870 males and a pair of,547 ladies, are at the moment present process procedures to implement crucial authorized rules.
The Ministry of Inside has warned that any individual, who facilitates the unlawful entry of people into the Kingdom, transports them on its territory, supplies them with shelter or every other help or service will likely be penalized with as much as 15 years in jail and a wonderful of as much as SR1 million, and that the automobiles 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
