JEDDAH: Deputy Interior Minister Prince Ahmed early Sunday highlighted the success of the Kingdom’s fingerprinting system in stopping criminals from escaping the country and cracking down on those who violate the country’s residency regulations.
Speaking to academics, businessmen and media persons who attended a sahour party hosted by Abdul Rahman Fakeeh at his residence in Makkah, Prince Ahmed said the system, which was introduced three years ago, had also led to a crackdown on the number of runaway maids.
He emphasized the need for conducting a study to find out the reasons for maids and other house servants running away from their sponsors.
Prince Ahmed said it was not reasonable to link unemployment among Saudis with the high recruitment rates of foreign workers. “There are about 500,000 unemployed young Saudi men and women and 6.5 million foreign workers in the job market,” he said.
“Even if we employ all those young unemployed Saudis, we’ll have at least six million foreign workers.” He said the late Labor Minister Ghazi Al-Gosaibi, whom he described as a dynamic person, could not find a solution to the recruitment problem.
Prince Ahmed said regional governors have been given permission to approve requests for marriages involving Saudis and foreign men and women.
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