المملكة: 22,000 violators of residency, work, and border security regulations were arrested in a week

Continue Joint field campaigns to follow up and arrest violators of residency, work, and border security regulations, in all regions of the Kingdom.

The campaigns that took place in all regions of the Kingdom, for the period from 12 to 18 March 2026 AD, resulted
in the following results:

Controlling violators

First: The total amounted to The violatorswho were caught in the joint security field campaigns in all regions of the Kingdom (22,931) violators, including (17,181) violators of the residency system, (3931) violators of the border security system, and (1819) violators of the labor system.

Second: The total number of those arrested while trying to cross the border into the Kingdom reached (1,635) people (29%) of whom were Yemeni nationals. (68%) of Ethiopian nationality, and other nationalities (03%), and (40) people were arrested for trying to cross the border outside the Kingdom in an irregular manner.

Third: (36) were arrested involved in transporting, harboring, and employing violators of the residency, labor, and border security regulations and covering them up.

Fourth: The total number of those currently subject to regulations implementation procedures reached (29,564) expatriates who are violators, including (26,714) men and (2,850) women.

Fifth: (21,133) violators were referred to their diplomatic missions to obtain travel documents, (3,285) violators were referred to complete their travel reservations, and (7,761) violators were deported.

The Ministry of Interior confirmed that anyone who facilitates the entry of violators of the border security system into the Kingdom, transports them within it, provides them with shelter, or provides If they provide any assistance or service in any way, he exposes himself to penalties of up to 15 years in prison, a fine of up to one million riyals, confiscation of the means of transportation and housing used for shelter, in addition to defamation of him. She explained that this crime is considered a major crime that requires arrest and is against honor and trust, urging people to report any violations to the number (911) in the regions of Mecca, Medina, Riyadh, and Sharqiya, and (999). And (996) in the rest of the Kingdom’s regions.

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