Eighty-eight Tunisian pilgrims at King Abdulaziz International Airport (KAIA) in Jeddah have completed entry procedures but could be sent back to their country because their visas were not issued from their country, local media reported.

Khalid Al-Husseini, the customs hall supervisor at Pilgrims’ City in KAIA, said a committee would look into the issue.

The committee, formed through entities such as Customs, Investigation, Passport and Airport Security, as well as the General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA), is studying the case. “The committee will decide on the course of action after communicating with authorities,” he added.

“Their visas haven’t been issued in Tunis, but in Mauritania,” he said.

Obtaining a visa from another country violates the rules and regulations of the Ministry of Haj because every country has been allocated a certain number of pilgrims, he added.