RIYADH: Saudi authorities arrested 11,300 people in one week for breaching residency, work and border security regulation. A total of 6,244 people were arrested for violations of residency laws, while 3,543 were held over illegal border crossing attempts, and a further 1,513 for labor-related issues. The report showed that among the 1,330 people arrested for trying to enter the Kingdom illegally, 54 percent were Ethiopian, 43 percent Yemeni, and 3 percent were of other nationalities.
