Saudi Arabia on 29 June yesterday extended the 90-day amnesty for undocumented migrants to leave the country by 30 days, according to Saudi Press Agency.

The move came after Ethiopia requested that the amnesty be extended, reported Ethiopian News, Entertainment and Business Information Network.

Ethiopia Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn had sent a letter to Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud recently, requesting him to extend the amnesty.  

The extension came effective last Sunday. The 90-day amnesty expired last Wednesday.

According to Saudi’s General Directorate of Passports, the amnesty was extended by a month to allow those undocumented migrants who failed to take advantage of the amnesty due to various reasons to return to their respective countries peacefully.

Maj. General Sulaiman bin Abdulaziz Al-Yahya, Director of the General Directorate of Passports (GDP) announced that in implementation of the directives of Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Naïf bin Abdulaziz, Minister of Interior, the GDP has completed preparations, at all locations reserved for receiving violators, in all regions and governorates of the Kingdom and in coordination with the National Information Center and all concerned authorities, while these spots were clarified on the site and the official accounts of GDP, on the net.

Al-Yahya called on all expatriate offenders who are in the Kingdom and are unable to take the advantage of the previous deadline, to completed their departure procedures, to quickly report to nearest reception spots for the violators to complete their departure procedures on their own and at their own expense, hence entertain the benefits of the period of grace’s extension and exemptions granted to them before the expiry of the new deadline.