it appears that some over-zealous
inspectors may be rounding up foreigners on the mere suspicion of working illegally – contrary to the assurances given by officials when the crackdown began.
In Makkah, a police spokesman appeared to admit that
random arrests were taking place when he said the campaign in the city was focusing "on main squares and public places" and well as places that had previously been identified by investigators.
Some members of the public have also joined in, raising fears of community-based violence directed at migrants. Yesterday Tawakkol
Karman, Yemen's Nobel Peace Prize laureate, posted a photo
on her Facebook page (below) which is said to show a Saudi man attempting to detain a Yemeni expatriate while waiting for police to arrive.
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