Post-Brexit rights for British citizens are being undermined in Sweden

Joyce Thomas, 78, who has lived in Sweden for 21 years, has been told she has to leave the country. Photograph: Felix Andler

Back in October 2020, the UK immigration minister stood up in parliament to reassure campaigners concerned about EU citizens who weren’t aware they had to ask the Home Office to stay in the country after Brexit.

Using an example of a child in foster care who might not know they were an EU citizen until they applied for their first job, the Conservative Kevin Foster said the UK would take “a generous approach as to what reasonable grounds [for failing to apply] were”.