Over 10,000 expats deported in 6 months

 According to a senior security source, about 10,800 residents who were in violation of the residency law were deported during the period from January 1 to June 20, reports Al-Seyassah daily. In a press statement, the source explained that most of the deportees were marginal workers residing in bachelors’ residential areas such as Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh, Mahboula, Shuwaikh Industrial Area, Bneid Al-Gar, Wafra Farms and Abdali area. The security campaigns are continuing, and are not exclusive to one region without another.

The source denied the report about the violating workers fleeing from Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh and migrating to other areas in order to escape the intensive security campaigns, insisting that there is a security cordon and continuous monitoring of the situation. He highlighted that First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Ahmed Al-Nawaf and the Undersecretary of the ministry Lieutenant General Anwar Al-Barjas have been diligently following up on a daily basis the file related to violators of the residency law and security campaigns. He said, “There is absolutely no problem for anyone who resides in any of these areas as long as his residency is valid and his status is legally sound”.

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