Posted on 02/10/2013 8:36:41 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
The increasing number of foreigners, whether legal or illegal, in the Kingdom is one of the most important economic issues facing our country. Expatriates occupy jobs that could be otherwise filled by unemployed Saudis and they even crowd our streets with old, polluting cars unfit for the road.
To make matters worse, a large number of foreigners are illegally staying in our country and they have brought many vices, including theft, drug trafficking and prostitution with them.
To resolve the problem, the Shoura Council recommended to the supreme authorities that a committee, comprising representatives of four ministries, be formed so it can figure out a way to put an end to the number of illegal foreigners in our country once and for all.
The deputy chairman of the Shoura Councils foreign affairs committee, Saddaqa Fadil, told Al-Sharq newspaper some of the recommendations made included the deportation of all illegal foreigners and taking necessary measures to prevent a recurrence of the problem in the future. Furthermore, the committee asked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to coordinate its efforts with countries whose citizens overstay in the Kingdom so preventive measures can be taken in this regard.
Fadil said the report prepared by the Shoura Councils foreign affairs committee put the number of illegal foreigners in the Kingdom at five million. He noted that overstayers are mostly concentrated in Makkah, Madinah, Jeddah, Taif, Yanbu, Riyadh, the Eastern Province, Asir, Najran and Jazan and said the illegal residents were responsible for about 60 percent of crimes committed in the Kingdom...
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“However, since undocumented aliens pose a security and economic threat to the Kingdom and its citizens, the best way to counter the phenomenon is to ensure that landlords verify a potential tenants legal status and only rent to those who reside here legally. Those who violate the Kingdoms rules should be persecuted to the full extent of the law.”
Amen. Deport those leeching, lazy mex..Oh, wait, wrong country.
Imagine that. A worldwide epidemic of the same behavior. When they don't respect the law on borders, what makes their defenders think they'll respect any other law ?
let’s do that. we can say we’re just doing what the enlightened saudis are doing.
at the same time let’s enact the same immigration laws as mexico.
It is kind of easy to make fun of the Saudis and their ways but honestly they aren’t really don’t immigrate that much to other nations in great numbers.
There is not much irony towards them cracking down on illegal immigration since relatively few Saudis go overseas although there may be a few who overstay their visas.
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