British widow faces deportation from Sweden after 22 years

Joyce Thomas, 78, is facing deportation away from her son, grandchildren and husband's grave A 78-year-old British widow has told the BBC she is struggling to eat or sleep as the Swedish government threatens to deport her over a late post-Brexit residence application." The Swedish migration minister told the BBC that the government would "examine whether there are measures we can take to make the process easier for those affected" by some consequences of the EU-UK withdrawal agreement.

When the UK left the EU on 31 January 2020, British citizens ceased to be EU citizens, which meant they could no longer stay in Sweden with a right-of-residence status.