Nearly 3.16 million violators of residency, work and border security systems have been arrested in a year-long roundup, according to an official report.
Since the campaign began in November 2017, there have been 3,159,388 offenders, including 2,461,868 for violating residency regulations, 487,670 for labor violations and 209,850 for border violations, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.
The report said that 53,042 people were arrested while trying to cross the border into the Kingdom, 49 percent of whom were Yemeni citizens, 48 percent were Ethiopians and 3 percent were of other nationalities.
2,249 people were arrested for trying to cross the border into neighboring countries and 3,823 were arrested for involvement in transporting and harboring those violators. 1,299 Saudi citizens were arrested for harboring the violators against local laws, of which 35 are being detained, pending the completion of procedures.
The total number of violators being subjected to procedures is 12,741, including 11,103 men and 1,638 women.
Immediate penalties were imposed against 461,749 offenders; 422,442 were transferred to their respective diplomatic missions to obtain travel documents; 534,278 were transferred to complete their travel reservations; and 793,014 were deported.
SOURCE : ARABNEWS
