Since the launching of its online services at the beginning of March to avoid the repercussions of the corona pandemic, the Ministry of Interior completed 1,377,582 transactions through its website, reports Al-Jarida daily quoting sources from the ministry.
Sources revealed the number of completed transactions during the first week of August reached 48,307 including 6,523 for workers in the private sector, 2,057 for domestic workers, in addition to 6,468 procedures for renewing dependent visas. Sources affirmed the ministry has prepared a mechanism that will be implemented in early September, which includes carrying out large-scale security campaigns, in coordination with security and government agencies, to control residency violators and deport them; noting that the ministry’s estimated about 126,000 violators.
Sources added the proposed mechanism provides for raiding and prosecuting violators through the implementation of closures of the expatriate areas with the establishment of security points at their entrances, and the issuance of search and raid orders for some sites; especially those suspected of using marginal labor.
Source : Arab Times
