Pip@feddit.org to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 2 days agoBritish widow, 78, told to leave Sweden under Brexit rules after living there for 21 yearswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square81fedilinkarrow-up1189arrow-down15
arrow-up1184arrow-down1external-linkBritish widow, 78, told to leave Sweden under Brexit rules after living there for 21 yearswww.theguardian.comPip@feddit.org to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square81fedilink
minus-squarejenesaisquoi@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-21 day agoKnowing the language of the country you’re living in is just common sense
minus-squarekuiskaaja@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-21 day agoyeah i know, ive actually been learning swedish for the past few months cus i’ve thought of moving to sweden myself haha just meant that it wasnt a requirement for like 90% of the time she lived in sweden
minus-squaremirshafie@europe.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoTrue, she could probably have gotten citizenship right after Brexit, since she had lived in Sweden for 15 years at that point. The rules were pretty lax back then (and now of course Sweden is over-correcting, because that’s just what you do).
minus-squarePyr@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoSay that about Indians / Chinese in Canada and you get labelled a racist 😂 Wonder what they would say in this case where it’s all white people involved.
minus-squarekuiskaaja@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-21 day agoget labeled a racist by a tiny minority of chronically online idiots maybe, if you say that on the internet i don’t think that’s a thing that the average person does anywhere, but what do i know, i don’t live in canada and can only speak for my country :D
Knowing the language of the country you’re living in is just common sense
yeah i know, ive actually been learning swedish for the past few months cus i’ve thought of moving to sweden myself haha
just meant that it wasnt a requirement for like 90% of the time she lived in sweden
True, she could probably have gotten citizenship right after Brexit, since she had lived in Sweden for 15 years at that point. The rules were pretty lax back then (and now of course Sweden is over-correcting, because that’s just what you do).
Say that about Indians / Chinese in Canada and you get labelled a racist 😂
Wonder what they would say in this case where it’s all white people involved.
get labeled a racist by a tiny minority of chronically online idiots maybe, if you say that on the internet
i don’t think that’s a thing that the average person does anywhere, but what do i know, i don’t live in canada and can only speak for my country :D