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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Lisa O’Carroll Senior correspondent

Briton threatened with deportation from Sweden over Brexit rules goes into hiding

Mark Smith and his wife Petra stand outdoors on grass, each  holding a walking stick
Mark Smith with his wife, Petra, was told he was an ‘alien’ without permission to stay. Photograph: Annika Karlbom/Hallands Nyheter

A seriously ill British man living in Sweden has been forced into hiding amid fears he will be deported as a result of what he says is a government Brexit residency error.

Mark Smith, 60, who has had heart attacks, strokes, severe headaches and chronically high blood pressure that has been difficult to treat, was told on the phone he should leave Sweden by 17 October as he was an “alien” without permission to stay.

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