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Brexit Forces 78-Year Old Widow Out of Sweden After 21 Years of Residency

Summary by IBTimes UK
Joyce Thomas, a 78-year-old retired British nurse who has lived in Sweden for 21 years, has been given four weeks to leave the country after her post‑Brexit residency applications were rejected under rules brought in after the UK left the EU. Under the EU‑UK Withdrawal Agreement, British nationals living in an EU country before the Brexit transition period ended on 31 December 2020 were entitled to apply for permanent residence. The agreement pr…

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His case is the last in a long series that involved about 2,500 British citizens, who in recent months have been ordered to leave the country after Brexit

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AGI - A whole life spent in Sweden has not been enough to protect her. Joyce Thomas, a former 78-year-old British nurse resident in the Scandinavian country for over twenty years, is today fighting an expulsion order that requires her to leave her home within four weeks. Her guilt? Having submitted late the application for the post-Brexit residence permit. Her drama - told on The Guardian - is not an isolated case. It represents yet another chap…

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Il Messaggero broke the news in Rome, Italy on Monday, August 10, 2026.
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