Saudi deports 370,000 migrants over 5 months

Published March 20, 2014 11:24am ET



RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia says it has deported 370,000 foreign migrant workers from the kingdom over the past five months.

The Interior Ministry says the foreigners, who are from different countries around the world, had been residing in the country illegally and violated labor laws.

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