“Saudi Arabia arrests over 14,500 in residency and labour operations”

Saudi Arabia arrested more than 14,500 people in the past week as it looks to stop residency, labour and security breaches…

The Ministry said the arrests were made by multiple security agencies in the Kingdom during the past week…

Saudi residency, labour and security arrests

The arrests included:

• 8.512 residency violations
• 3,959 border security rule violations
• 2,058 labour law violations…

The Kingdom currently has 40,015 people facing procedures regarding residency, border security and labour law violations, including:

• 34,067 referred to their embassies to obtain travel documents
• 1,854 referred to complete reservations
• 9,494 deported…