Indonesian dies in Saudi residency protest - Middle East

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    Indonesian dies in Saudi residency protest - Middle East - Al Jazeera English
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    One woman was killed in a stampede and part of the Indonesian consulate in Saudi Arabia set on fire during a riot by a group of 12,000 workers who had been waiting for hours to confirm their residency status.

    The crowd of Indonesians gathered outside the consulate in Jeddah on Sunday, trying to sort out their papers in the face of a July crackdown by Saudi authorities on illegal immigrants.

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    About 180,000 illegal foreign workers have left Saudi Arabia since April 1 under an amnesty that allows them to try to sort out their papers or leave without paying a penalty, a newspaper report said on Sunday.

    This brings the number of foreign workers who have left Saudi Arabia since the beginning of the year to 380,000.