Nearly 30,000 foreign workers have been rounded up in Saudi Arabia since a deadline for recognizing their status run out on Sunday. Many restaurants, laundries and other small businesses are closed as foreign workers stayed at home to avoid police raids. Here's Sebastian Usher. “Photos posted online showed dozens of migrant workers seated on the ground after being picked up by the police. They've been given half a year to make their status legal in line with more stringent labour laws. A senior Indonesian official told the BBC his country was preparing to fly out nearly 8,000 nationals. He said some had lived in Saudi Arabia for 30 years or more. The majority had run away from their original employers. They are banned from returning for at least five years.”
将近三万外国工人在沙特阿拉伯被围捕起来,由于周日已经到了承认他们身份的最后期限。许多餐馆、洗衣店以及其他一些小型生意都倒闭了,因为外来工人都躲在了家以避免警方的突袭逮捕。Sebastian Usher进行报道。“被公示在网上的照片,展现了数十名外来工被警方逮捕后坐在地上的情形。他们已经有过半年的时间来使得自己的身份合法化,也就是要更为严格地遵照劳动法的规定。一名印度尼西亚的高级官员对BBC说,他的国家准备要出动将近八千名国民。他说他们当中的一些已经在沙特阿拉伯住了三十年甚至更长的时间。大多数人已经不再在原先的雇主那里工作了。他们被禁止重回原地至少有五年的时间。”