Staff Reporter :
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has received around 2.5 million Syrians since the beginning of the conflict, a press release issued in Dhaka by the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabian quoting the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Thursday. as refugees or place them in refugee camps.
They have been given the freedom to move about the country, and those who wish to remain in Saudi Arabia (some hundreds of thousands) have been given legal residency status like the remaining residents, the statement added.
It said their residency comes with the rights to receive free medical care, to join the labor market and to attend schools and universities. This was contained in a Royal decree in 2012 that instructed public schools to accept Syrian students.
The statement said, the Kingdom’s efforts were not limited to accepting Syrian citizen after their crisis; it also extended its efforts to support and care for millions of Syrian refugees in neighboring countries such as Jordan, Lebanon and others.
