3/2011	44,700
4/2011	40,266
5/2011	44,290
6/2011	56,791
7/2011	35,566
8/2011	50,106
9/2011	40,620
10/2011	50,075
11/2011	60,321
12/2011	51,146
Total 3-12/ 2011	473,881
1/2012	54,218
2/2012	51,819
3/2012	52,641
4/2012	52,687
5/2012	60,014
6/2012	54,472
7/2012	52,409
8/2012	50,340
9/2012	46,287
10/2012	45,233
11/2012	46,132
12/2012	43,080
Total 2012	609,332
1/2013	46,275
2/2013	48,994
3/2013	41,309
4/2013	40,512
5/2013	38,540
6/2013	94,333
7/2013	26,888
8/2013	30,197
9/2013	24,151
Total 1-9/ 2013	391,199

Source: Ministry of Interior.
1. Definition

Infiltrators are persons who entered illegally into Saudi Arabia’s territory.

Arrests are made by border guards, by the police, by the Passports Department and by the General Administration of Mujahideen (Interior Ministry).

2. Institution which provides data

Ministry of interior

3. Data availability

Monthly figures for irregulars’ arrests and deportation were put online on the Ministry of Interior’s website (chapter “Security News”), until July 2015. Figures were computed by Hijrah months, in Arabic only.
As of 21 September 2015, deportation and arrests’ records are still unavailable online.

Date of access: 21 September 2015

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