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المملكة: Including 1,829 women… 21,000 violators of residency, work, and border regulations were arrested in a week

resulted Joint field campaigns to follow up and control violators of the residency, labor and border security regulations, which took place in all regions of the Kingdom, for the period from 05/15/1447 AH, corresponding to 11/06/2025 AD, to 05/21/1447 AH, corresponding to 11/12/2025 AD, reported the following results:

First: The total number of violators who In joint security field campaigns in all regions of the Kingdom, (22,156) violators were arrested, including (14,027) violators of the residency system, (4781) violators of the border security system, and (3348) violators of the labor system.

Second: The total number of those arrested while trying to cross the border into the Kingdom reached (1,924) people (37%) of whom were Yemeni nationals, (62%) Ethiopian nationalities, and other nationalities. Others (1%), and (32) people were arrested for trying to cross the border outside the Kingdom in an irregular manner.

Third: (31) were arrested involved in transporting, harboring, and employing violators Residency regulations, work, border security, and covering up for them.

Fourth: The total number of those currently subject to regulations implementation procedures has reached (30,236) violating expatriates, including (28,407) men, and (1,829) women.

Fifth: (22,091) violators were referred to their diplomatic missions to obtain travel documents, and (4784) violators were referred to complete reservations. Their travel, and the deportation of (14916) violators.

It was confirmed The Ministry of InteriorAnyone who facilitates the entry of violators of the border security system into the Kingdom, their transportation within it, provides them with shelter, or provides them with any assistance or service in any form, exposes himself to penalties of up to 15 years in prison, a fine of up to one million riyals, and confiscation of the means of transportation and housing used for shelter, in addition to defamation of him.

It explained that this crime is considered a major crime that requires arrest, and is against honor and trust. Urgent to report any cases of violation on the number (911) in the regions of Makkah Al-Mukarramah, Medina, Riyadh, and Al-Sharqiyah, and (999) and (996) in the rest of the regions of the Kingdom.

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