14,782 held for residency, labor, border violations

RIYADH: Saudi authorities arrested 14,782 people in one week for breaching residency, work and border security regulations. A total of 7,438 people were arrested for violations of residency laws, while 3,782 were held over illegal border crossing attempts, and a further 3,562 for labor-related issues. The report showed that among the 1,450 people arrested for trying to enter the Kingdom illegally, 56 percent were Ethiopian, 43 percent Yemeni, and 1 percent were of other nationalities. A further

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