Saudi Arabia’s authorities have detained over 22,000 as part of its combined field security campaigns to find and capture those who violate residence, labor, and border security laws in seven days, according to the Ministry of Interior.
From July 24 to July 30, Saudi Arabia’s coordinated field security campaigns led to the arrest of 22,147 violators across the Kingdom’s regions for breaching residence, labor, and border security regulations, the Ministry of Interiors said.
Of those detained, 3,540 had broken labor laws, 4,772 had broken border security laws, and 13,835 had broken residence rules.
In addition, authorities arrested 34 persons trying to illegally exit the Kingdom and 1,816 people trying to enter Saudi Arabia (36% Yemeni nationals, 62% Ethiopian nationals, and 2% of other nationalities).
