Denmark lifts Brexit-related deportation threat for British nationals

Philip Russell and his Danish fiancee, Frederikke, who welcomed the move to give people more time to apply. Photograph: Philip Russell

British nationals have spoken of their “relief” after the Danish government lifted a Brexit-related deportation threat, with new laws allowing them more time to apply for residency status.

Laws will be brought in to accommodate between 300 and 2,000 Britons living in the country before Brexit who had not been informed or did not know they had to apply to stay there by 31 December 2021.