28/06/2020
The Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Interior and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Anas Al-Saleh is serious about living up to his ‘three-phase’ plan and his promise to rid the country of visa traders and violators of residence law who are still living in the country, reports Al-Seyassah/Arab Times daily.
He was quoted as saying the first phase ended successfully with the departure of about 26,400 who left the country without paying fines.
A reliable source told the daily, the second stage will begin after life in the country returns to normal completely as announced by the Council of Ministers, and includes “granting a new one-month deadline for violators of residence to surrender voluntarily and leave the country without paying fines”.
The sources pointed out there are still more than 90,000 residence law violators and the Interior Ministry expects a large number of them to benefit from what it called the second amnesty to leave the country, especially since the coronavirus pandemic has had a huge effect on the economic situation and financial situation of many of the citizens and residents.
The source emphasized the third and final stage of the plan will start work immediately after the end of the ‘second’ phase which will include a careful count of the numbers and nationalities of the remaining violators, their whereabouts and the organization of extensive security campaigns to pursue them.
The source added, the Minister of the Interior Anas Al-Saleh, has asked the concerned senior official to prepare lists of the violators who have not taken advantage of the amnesty and to pursue their sponsors.
