According to the Arabic News Report okaz.com.sa Police announced that the number of Ethiopian men, women and children, who responded with a call to the security men to surrender voluntarily after the events Manfouha reached More than 17 thousand people.
Thousands of mostly African workers gathered in central Riyadh on Sunday awaiting repatriation after violent clashes the previous night with Saudi police.
The migrant workers boarded buses which took them to temporary housing near the airport. The unrest follows a visa crackdown by the Saudi authorities.
Some of the workers said they had been attacked by vigilante groups.
One Ethiopian worker said: “That’s it, they are saying ‘Ethiopians are a problem and have to go’. I’ve had enough. There is no residence permit. I’ve been in Saudi Arabia for three and a half years and now I am going back to my own country.”
At least two people were killed in Saturday’s unrest. The violence follows a police round-up of migrant workers last week when an amnesty linked to new employment rules expired.
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