Saudi: Despite laws, begging on the rise

JEDDAH - The number of beggars in the country exceeds the estimated figure of 150,000 quoted by government statistics, researchers say. “The number of beggars is much higher than what the latest statistics indicate. More than 87 percent of the beggars are foreigners who come from neighboring countries in the south and the north,” one researcher told Arab News Wednesday. He did not want his name