RIYADH — The Saudi safety authorities have arrested a complete of 19,101 unlawful residents in per week. The arrests have been made within the joint inspections, carried out by the safety forces in collaboration with the related authorities businesses, in the course of the interval between February 12 and 18, the Ministry of Inside introduced on Saturday.
Those that have been arrested embody 12,153 violators of the Residency Regulation, 4,103 violators of the Border Safety Regulation, and a pair of,845 violators of the Labor Regulation. A complete of 14,893 unlawful residents have been deported whereas 15,585 violators have been referred to their diplomatic missions to acquire journey paperwork and 1,389 violators have been referred to finish their journey reservations.
The entire quantity of people that have been arrested whereas attempting to cross the border into the Kingdom accounted for 1,663, of whom 45 p.c have been Yemeni nationals, 54 p.c Ethiopian nationals, and one p.c belonged to different nationalities. A complete of 31 individuals have been arrested whereas making an attempt to go away the Kingdom illegally.
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Some 28 individuals concerned in giving transportation, shelter, and employment for violators have been additionally arrested. A complete of 21,491 expatriates, together with 20,156 males and 1,335 ladies, are at the moment present process procedures to implement authorized measures.
The Ministry of Inside has warned that any individual, who facilitates the unlawful entry of people into the Kingdom, transports them on its territory, gives them with shelter or every other help or service, shall be penalized with as much as 15 years in jail and a tremendous of as much as SR1 million, and that the automobiles used for transportation or homes used for giving shelter shall 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.
