Immigrants from Saudi Arabia

In the four months from February 20 12 to March 20 13, Saudi Arabia * * * repatriated nearly 200,000 foreigners illegally staying in Saudi Arabia. These repatriated foreigners include stowaways and those whose residence procedures are illegal.

Oil-rich Saudi Arabia, with its prosperous economy and rich life, has attracted many people from poor Arab and Asian and African countries to work and make a living. By March 20 13, there were nearly100000 foreigners working in Saudi Arabia, equivalent to half of Saudi Arabia's own population.