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-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).
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).