المملكة: 18,877 violators of residency, work, and border security regulations were arrested within a week

Resulted Joint field campaigns to follow up and arrest violators of Residence, work and border security regulations, which were implemented in all regions of the Kingdom, for the period from 06/27/1447 AH corresponding to 12/18/2025 AD to 07/04/1447 AH corresponding to 12/24/2025 AD, revealed the following results:

First: The total number of violators who were caught in the campaigns reached The joint security field in all regions of the Kingdom (18,877) violators, including (11,991) violators of the residency system, (3808) violators of the border security system, and (3078) violators of the labor system.

Second: The total number of those arrested while trying to cross BorderInto the Kingdom (1,312) people (44%) of them were Yemeni nationals, (55%) Ethiopian nationalities, and other nationalities (01%), and (46) people were arrested for trying to cross the borders outside the Kingdom in an irregular manner.

Third: (14) were arrested involved in transporting, harboring, and employing violators of residency, work, and border security regulations, and covering up for them.

Fourth: The total number of those currently subject to regulations implementation procedures has reached (28,937) violating expatriates, including (27,259) men and (1,678) women.

Fifth: (20,378) violators were referred to their diplomatic missions to obtain travel documents, and (4465) violators were referred to complete their travel reservations, and were deported. (13,241) violators.

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 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 it is shameful. With honor and honesty, we urge you 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.