Yeah it really sucks. She should have gone for the permanent residence any point in the last 18 years but it wasn’t necessary until Brexit happened.
Definitely not proper how Sweden handled it, they should have sent at least a couple of letters and emails notifying them of their right to stay not being permanent anymore. Parliament could have passed law saying “person that has been legally residing in Sweden using their freedom of movement for at least before Brexit gets automatically permanent residency” and this wouldn’t have been a thing.
Parliament could have
Politicians aren’t known for caring much about the plebs
Nordic countries are known for at least making an effort
We have a right wing government depending on the support of a far right party currently, they don’t give a fuck.
I have a crippling phobia of speaking on the phone, my husband handles all of the paperwork as a result. If he died today I wouldn’t know where to begin. This could have been this case with this lady, maybe she simply didn’t know until it was too late. I feel like bullying pensioners is not the best way to make immigration arguments though.
if you don’t mind me asking, can you tell me more about your phobia? Asking out of sheer curiosity, nothing more.
It comes from autistic fear of being perceived. I don’t want attention on me in any way and the phone is a great example. I was one of those really shy kids. Also anxiety makes my mind blank, so whatever poor soul I’ve tried to call is just sitting there waiting for me to say anything at all, instead I’m crying in fear. It’s fucking ridiculous and I hate it.
It’s not ridiculous. Anxiety is a very powerful emotion and takes the wind out of you. And it’s not your fault.
Thank you for being open about it.
I wasnt allowed to vote for Brexit. I had been strucken from the electoral role. I had left England at teh start of 2003. As soon as the Brexit vote went through I put in my application för citizenship in Sweden. At the time no one knew what was gonna happen but I figured my permanent residency permit wasnt gonna cut it anymore cause it relied on me being an EU citizen.
At the time the migration crisis was happening in Sweden. So many asylum seekers from Syria and Afghanistan so my application was low priority. It took 2 and half years from application date to getting my citizenship but now I am Swedish.
Always wondered how England would be able to fuck up my life despite me leaving the country and Brexit was a big fuck up to my life. Now a new law has come along and I am not allowed to enter England on my Swedish passport. I got citizenship in Sweden while England was still in the EU so I got dual citizenship. I have to enter England with my British passport. A British passport costs 2600kr and requires dna. A Swedish passport costs 500kr and can be picked up at a police station.
Britain is a weird place that still effects my life despite leaving 23 years ago. I have looked at renouncing citizenship but that is also an expensive affair that involves handing over my dna to the British government. I have just made the choice to not go back. I dont agree with handing over my dna to go see my country of birth.
This lady? It wasnt hard to see the writing on the wall when Brexit happened. And now the climate in Sweden has changed. I dont know if I could get citizenship with this government. I certainly couldnt pass the citizenship test. Then again I dont know a single Swedish person who could pass it either. Let alone the minimum income required for citizenship.
Its a weird time through out the West right now.
“…Simply stating that the person was unaware of the requirement to apply is not, in itself, considered a sufficient explanation.”
The question is then, were any attempts made at all to make people aware of this? On the face of it it just seems to be petty anger taken out on unsuspecting british people for brexit.
If you move to another country, it’s expected that you read up on the laws of the country you’re moving. It’s the same with driving a car to another country; the police or government will not stop you when you arrive to hand you the book, but it’s expected that you have read up on the rules. If you didn’t and you broke the law, there’s no excuse. It’s part of the del when you travel tot h country.
The issue is that the law changed and the couple missed the news. I agree that ignorance of the law is not a legal excuse, but you try to give people some leniency…
The issue is that the law changed and the couple missed the news.
I’d agree with you had Brexit been two months ago. But we’re talking 10 years here and I really (!) don’t understand at all how you possibly could have missed that news all the years.
The question is then, were any attempts made at all to make people aware of this?
I don’t believe there is any European alive that is unaware of Brexit having happened.
It’s not that much of a surprise from the Swedish government. They collaborate and implement the politics of a party which considers you basically a foreign invader if you have two foreign born parents, a la the Replacement theory, and you are making the Swedish ethnicity impure. And yeah, I know replacement theory is commonly used to target non-whites and/or non-christians, but they produce replacement theory content where anyone with two foreign born parents are considered to replace Swedes (second generations are considered too, and they signal that they are worried about third generation impurities too). This is just Sweden now. Cruelty for anyone they consider impure.
#NotEveryMunicipality
Surprising would be if the laws were passed and not applied. This seems like just a government that works.
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