Saudi Arabia rounds up over 19,000 illegals in a week

Saudi security authorities have arrested a total of 19,817 foreigners who had violated the kingdom’s residency, labour and border security laws in one week as part of an ongoing nationwide clampdown on illegals.

The arrests were made over the period of July 11-17, the Interior Ministry said. They included 12,436 violators of the kingdom’s residency rules, 4,881 for infringing the border security system and 2,500 others for breaching labour laws.