# Swedish MP intervenes in ‘damaging’ Brexit row over elderly Britons ordered to leave

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- The Guardian, 2026-08-18 18:44 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/aug/18/swedish-mp-intervenes-brexit-row-elderly-britons-ordered-leave

> Swedish opposition MP Häkan Svenneling has asked the migration minister how he plans to stop deportations of British citizens whose residency applications were rejected after Brexit. He highlighted 78-year-old Joyce Thomas, who has lived in Sweden for 21 years, and another elderly Briton with dementia and Parkinson’s, saying the removals are harming relations with the UK.