Joyce Thomas

Joyce Thomas, a 78-year-old British widow, is currently facing a deportation order from Sweden. She has resided in the country for 21 years and is now fighting to remain after her post-Brexit application to stay was deemed submitted too late by Swedish authorities. Thomas's case is one of approximately 2,500 instances where British citizens living in Sweden have been ordered to leave following the UK's departure from the European Union. Campaigners and the UK's Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) have highlighted the significant number of such cases, describing the situation as "inexplicably hard." The developments underscore the complex and often challenging implications of post-Brexit migration policies for long-term residents of EU countries.