{"id":2400,"date":"2014-08-22T10:33:41","date_gmt":"2014-08-22T10:33:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/?p=2400"},"modified":"2014-08-22T10:33:41","modified_gmt":"2014-08-22T10:33:41","slug":"riyadh-crackdown-nets-over-400-illegal-expats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/riyadh-crackdown-nets-over-400-illegal-expats\/","title":{"rendered":"Riyadh crackdown nets over 400 &#8216;illegal&#8217; expats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Saudi1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2401\" src=\"http:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Saudi1.jpg\" alt=\"Saudi\" width=\"435\" height=\"244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Saudi1.jpg 435w, https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Saudi1-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 435px) 100vw, 435px\" \/><\/a>Police arrested a large number of illegal expatriates in the south of the capital in an early morning raid on Thursday under the direct supervision of Riyadh Gov. Prince Turki bin Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz.<br \/>\nAccording to one eyewitness, operations started immediately after dawn prayers.<br \/>\nHe said that more than 400 undocumented expatriates, including women and children living in the Manfouha district south of Batha, were rounded up during operations.<br \/>\nThe majority of those arrested are African nationals, according to the witness.<br \/>\nThe illegals will be investigated and subject to fines and deportation depending on each case, said police sources.<br \/>\nThe Riyadh Police Department carried out the operations in cooperation with other security forces.<br \/>\nThe Ministry of Interior had warned illegal expatriates in the Kingdom to legalize their status by Nov. 1, 2013 or leave the country.<br \/>\nRiyadh police also arrested 307 illegal residents, including 13 wanted men, last month in a pre-dawn operation. The combing operations were conducted upon the instructions of Prince Turki.<br \/>\nAccording to Riyadh police, the 24-hour operation took place in Manfouha, Hai Al-Wazara (Hara) and Batha city center.<br \/>\n\u201cThose arrested were booked for various offenses, such as overstaying their visas, running away from sponsors and looking for employment under the pretext of being on a \u2018free visa\u2019,\u201d the official said.<br \/>\nThe illegal residents were mostly concentrated on the Al-Frayan Street and Sitteen streets.<br \/>\nThe operations, which were led by Maj. Gen. Saud Al-Hilal, cordoned off the areas before the raid to prevent suspects from escaping.<br \/>\nDuring the raids, 45 vegetable vendors who overstayed their Haj and Umrah visas were also arrested in the Hara and Batha areas.<\/p>\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\r\n<script>(function(d, s, id) {\r\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\r\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\r\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\r\n  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/all.js#xfbml=1\";\r\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\r\n}(document, \"script\", \"facebook-jssdk\"));<\/script>\r\n <fb:comments href=\"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/riyadh-crackdown-nets-over-400-illegal-expats\/\" font=\"arial\" num_posts=\"\" width=\"\" height=\"\" colorscheme=\"light\"  style=\"background:#FFFFFF;padding-top:0px;\r\npadding-right:0px;\r\npadding-bottom:0px;\r\npadding-left:0px;\r\nmargin-top:0px;\r\nmargin-right:0px;\r\nmargin-bottom:0px;\r\nmargin-left:0px;\r\n\"><\/fb:comments>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police arrested a large number of illegal expatriates in the south of the capital in an early morning raid on Thursday under the direct supervision of Riyadh Gov. Prince Turki bin Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz. According to one eyewitness, operations started immediately after dawn prayers. 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