Riyadh: The Ministry of Interior said that the campaigns against individuals who violate residency, labor, and border security regulations, carried out in all regions of the Kingdom from March 28 to April 03, 2024, yielded the following results:
Of the total number of 21,505 violators, 14,323 had violated the Residency Law, 4,778 the Border Security Law, and 2,404 the Labor Law.
Of the 1,295 people caught trying to cross the border into the Kingdom illegally, 37% were Yemenis, 61% Ethiopians, and 2% of other nationalities; 61 were arrested for trying to leave the country illegally.
Nine people involved in transporting, sheltering, employing and covering up for violators of the above laws were arrested.
Of the 61,301 expatriates currently subject to the procedures for implementing the regulations, 57,013 are men and 4,288 women.
Other measures include having 54,169 violators referred to their diplomatic missions to obtain travel documents, 1,666 referred to complete their travel reservations, and 7,423 we
re deported.
The Ministry of Interior warned that any person who facilitates the illegal entry of individuals into the Kingdom, transports them on its territory, provides them with shelter or with any assistance or service may be penalized with up to 15 years in prison and a fine of up to SAR1 million.
The ministry stressed that such acts are major crimes that are punishable with arrest.
It also urges people to report any violations by calling 911 in the Makkah, Riyadh, and Eastern regions and 999 and 996 in the rest of the Kingdom.
Source: Saudi Press Agency
