RIYADH: Saudi authorities began Monday a clampdown on illegal immigrants after the end of an amnesty that gave overstayers and workers a grace period to leave or legalise their status.
Police patrols will be searching for illegally-staying foreigners and those who help them, interior ministry spokesman General Mansur al-Turki said late Sunday.
Violators will be arrested, penalised and deported, he said.
Nearly a million Pakistanis, Indians, Bangladeshis, Filipinos, Nepalis and Yemenis,
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