Saudi Arabia’s Director General of Passports Major General Suleiman bin Abdulaziz Al-Yahya on Wednesday August 7, revealed that 1,819,790 pilgrims arrived the Kingdom to perform the annual Hajj rites.
Addressing a press conference in Jeddah, Al-Yahya said1,708,152 people arrived through airports across the Kingdom, 94,388 through land ports, while 17,250 came throughΒ sea transport. He further disclosedΒ thatΒ 300 forged visas were discovered while documents were being processed.
Major General Suleiman bin Abdulaziz Al-Yahya revealed that they are already prepared for the second phase of the pilgrimageΒ which is the departure of the pilgrims to their various countries, but also warned thatΒ pilgrims staying beyond the Hajj season will face the wrath of the law if caught.
