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Foreign workers gather outside the Saudi immigration department as Saudi security begin their search campaign against illegal laborers, on November 4, 2013 in downtown of Riyadh. (AFP PHOTO/FAYEZ NURELDINE)
by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Nov 11, 2013 | Opinion
The worries of four million residents in breach of Saudi Arabia’s residency laws have ended following a seven-month grace period, after which they were granted their work permits. But no one knows how many still remain without papers, a few thousand or several...
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Foreign workers show their passports as they gather outside a Saudi immigration office waiting for an exit permit as Saudi security begin their search campaign against illegal laborers, on November 4, 2013. (AFP)
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 6, 2013 | Middle East
Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—A state of anticipation and caution continues to be felt among Saudi Arabia’s expatriate workers across Saudi Arabia this week following the start of a security crackdown on illegal workers. Saudi authorities had given foreign workers a...