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By Khaled Al-HumaidiMAKKAH – A total of 197,806 illegal expatriates have been fingerprinted for final exit across the Kingdom during the first month of the crackdown which started on Nov. 4. In one month 137,569 illegals were deported, according to Maj. Gen. Ayedh Al-Luqmani, Assistant Director General of Passports for Haj and Umrah Affairs. 
Al-Luqmani, who is also security coordinator at the General Services Center in the Makkah Region, said that the center has taken measures to speed up and complete deportation procedures of the inmates at the Shumaisi detention center within 24 hours. “More than 87,000 illegals from the Makkah region were fingerprinted in one month. At present, the Shumaisi center handles 5,000-7,000 cases daily,” he said, noting that the procedures for deportation of some 5,782 illegals were completed within 24 hours last Wednesday. “We arrange additional flights daily to deport the illegals. Some 22 flights were operating daily from the Jeddah airport to take illegals to their home countries,” Al-Luqmani said.Â
According to the official, several expatriate men and women who are wanted by the security authorities for their involvement in various crimes have been arrested.
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