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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Lisa O'Carroll, Brexit correspondent, and Pamela Duncan

Sweden has expelled 1,100 British nationals since Brexit

Kathleen Poole (centre), with Angelica and Wayne at her care home in Sweden. Her family are fighting her removal.
Kathleen Poole (centre) at her care home in Sweden. Her family are fighting her removal. Photograph: Angelica Poole

Sweden has expelled 1,100 British nationals since Brexit, more than any other country in the EU, according to official statistics released by the European Commission.

The figures come as controversy builds over the “deeply shocking” decision by the country’s immigration authorities to order a 74-year-old British woman with Alzheimer’s to leave the country because she did not have post-Brexit residency papers.

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