SAUDI EXPATRIATES

1. The total number of violators caught in joint security field campaigns in all regions of the Kingdom reached 13,594, including 7,465 violators of the residence law, 4,299 violators of the border security law, and 1,830 violators of the labor law.

2. The total number of people arrested while trying to cross the border into the Kingdom reached 249, of them 52% were Yemenis, 43% Ethiopians, and 5% other nationalities, and 111 people were arrested for trying to cross the border outside the Kingdom.

3. Seven people involved in transporting, harboring and operating violators of the residency, work and border security regulations and covering them up were arrested.

4. The total number of those who are currently subjected to the procedures for implementing the regulations reached 10,0431 violators, including 89,016 men, and 11,415 women.

5. 88,078 violators were referred to their diplomatic missions to get travel documents, 2,542 violators were referred to complete their travel reservations, and 8,432 violators were deported.

- The Ministry of Interior confirmed that anyone who facilitates the entry of violators of the border security system into the Kingdom, or transports them within it, or provides them with shelter, or provides them with any assistance or service in any way, exposes himself to penalties of up to 15 years in prison, a fine of up to 1 million riyals, and seizure of the means of transportation and housing used for shelter.

- In addition to defaming him, the ministry clarified that this crime is one of the major crimes that leads arrest, and violate honor and honesty, urging everyone to report any violation cases to the number 911 in the regions of Makkah and Riyadh, and 999 and 996 in all regions of the Kingdom.