SR1 million spent daily to shelter illegal Ethiopians

The government is spending nearly SR1 million everyday for the upkeep of detained illegal Ethiopians.
Giving a breakup, Brig. Gen. Nasser Al-Qahtani, spokesman of Riyadh police, said SR750,000 is being spent daily to feed and house them. In addition, the government has rented 90 rest houses at double the normal price and milk valued at SR200,000 for their children. Then there are 300 buses to transport them to the shelters and two mobile clinics.
Al-Qahtani said his department covers 99 percent of the cost involved in taking care of the workers and their children.
He said the government would deport 500 Ethiopians in the next few days. The police have given a list of the illegal workers to their embassy, Al-Qahtani said during a tour of the new shelter set up in the old building of Princess Noura University.
The building was emptied, cleaned and furnished to provide accommodation for the illegal expatriates from various areas in Riyadh including Manfouha, Al-Hazm and Al-Mazahimiyah.
A tour of the Ethiopian shelter in Al-Hazm neighborhood showed the illegal workers apparently happy moving around in the residential areas.