Month/ Year	Arrests at Saudi borders
11/2012	25,553
12/2012	21,378
1/2013	28,816
2/2013	33,005
3/2013	26,213
4/2013	24,344
5/2013	22,276
6/2013	77,552
7/2013	17,837
8/2013	20,305
9/2013	14,698
10/2013	31,436
11/2013	35,116
12/2013	27,328
01/2014	25,534
02/2014	20,260
03/2014	17,541
04/2014	23,080
05/2014	20,474
06/2014	18,939
07/2014	27,050
08/2014	15,905
09/2014	18,500
10/2014	16,817
11/2014	18,242
12/2014	20,515
1/2015	19,347
2/2015	18,605
3/2015	6,884
4/2015	4,485
5/2015	5,065
6/2015	6,327
7/2015	4,078
8/2015	726
9/2015	1,713
10/2015	1,907
11/2015	2,493
12/2015	1,760
01/2016	2,014

Source: Ministry of Interior, Border Police.
1. Definition

Infiltrators are persons who entered illegally into Saudi Arabia’s territory.
These arrests are made by border guards (Interior Ministry) at the country’s external borders.

2. Institution which provides data

Ministry of interior

3. Data availability

Figures of arrests at Saudi borders are available on the website of the General Directorate of Border Guard, Ministry of Interior
“Information center”, “Statistics”
https://www.fg.gov.sa/Arabic/MediaCenter/Statistics/Pages/default.aspx
Figures are available by month, back to November 2012 as of April 2016.

Date of access: 7 April 2016.

 

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