Monday, August 29, 2011

1,500 Nigerians to be deported from Saudi Arabia


At least 1,500 Nigerians residing illegally in Saudi Arabia are to be deported by authorities of the oil-rich kingdoms.

Garba Aminchi, Nigeria’s Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Mecca on Sunday, that those affected were apprehended at various locations in the country Saudi.

According to him, some of them were caught engaging in criminal activities like stealing and robbery while others were apprehended for street begging or constituting a nuisance.

The Ambassador added that more than 20,000
Nigerian illegal immigrants were deported by
the Saudi authorities in the last 12 months for
similar offences.

Aminci said most of the criminal activities
perpetrated by those already deported
included fraud, theft, robbery and prostitution.
He pointed out that the Nigerian Embassy in
collaboration with Saudi security agencies
were identifying more Nigerians residing
illegally in the country with a view to
deporting them.

The ambassador raised the alarm over the
increasing influx of Nigerian girls into Saudi
Arabia for prostitution.

Stating that some of the arrested girls were not even Muslims but bearing Muslim names to deceive the security agencies.

He noted that Saudi Arabia was attracting
prostitutes from Nigeria because of the
erroneous belief that prostitution was a
booming venture in the Kingdom.
Aminchi said, “It’s really booming particularly
here in Jeddah.There was a time they even
called our attention that there were some
Nigerians roaming the streets as ‘good
evening girls’. They said Nigerians, I said ‘No’.
“They said if you want to give us one week
we will bring them with their passports.
The ambassador, however, noted that criminal
activities by Nigerian in Saudi Arabia in
recent times had reduced by about 50 per
cent.

Source: PunchNG.com

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