Pip@feddit.org to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 3 months agoBritish widow, 78, told to leave Sweden under Brexit rules after living there for 21 yearswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square80linkfedilinkarrow-up1191arrow-down15
arrow-up1186arrow-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 · 3 months agomessage-square80linkfedilink
minus-squarejenesaisquoi@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·3 months ago why didn’t she apply for residence before? Or citizenship. If she really feels that Sweden is her home she should learn the language and become a citizen.
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minus-squarejenesaisquoi@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 months agoKnowing the language of the country you’re living in is just common sense
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minus-squaremirshafie@europe.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months 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-up3·3 months 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.
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Or citizenship. If she really feels that Sweden is her home she should learn the language and become a citizen.
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Knowing the language of the country you’re living in is just common sense
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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.
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