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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
02/2016	2,255
03/2016	2,336
04/2016	1,916
05/2016	1,476
06/2016	3,247
07/2016	1,987
08/2016	1,791
09/2016	1,794
10/2016	1,658
11/2016	1,476
12/2016	1,550
01/2017	3,322
02/2017	3,860
03/2017	3,508
04/2017	1,900
05/2017	1,798
06/2017	1,459
07/2017	1,658
08/2017	2,665
09/2017	2,378
10/2017	7,347
11/2017	3,230
12/2017	2,349
01/2018	3,371
02/2018	3,017
03/2018	2,073
04/2018	3,016
05/2018	2,215
06/2018	3,059
07/2018	3,348

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 Ministry of Interior
Path: Section “Sectors”, “National center for security operations”, “Statistics”, “monthly statistics”. Data available in the Arabic section only.
Figures are disagregated by administrative region where the arrest took place.
Figures are computed by Hijri months.

Last date of access: Septembre 2018

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