Swedish minister defends strict post-Brexit removals of Britons

Yeah that sucks. Brexit was a completely stupid thing. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

As someone in another thread pointed out, the Swedish government website has a section explaining - in English - exactly what a British citizen needs to do to remain in Sweden and it explains the routes to permanent residency and Swedish citizenship. The rules for remaining were made clear and these dumb fucks ignored them. No sympathy.

And complaining that the Swedes have followed the rules exactly as published is like complaining that they wear thick jumpers, make efficient furniture and drink coffee - it's a stereotype that is also somewhat accurate and part of who they are. If these migrants want to make a foreign country their home they need to integrate themselves into that country's culture and respect that country's social norms.

The one guy says he didn't know an application was needed to stay post-brexit. How does that happen? Maybe because I am a chronic worrier, I would be checking on shit every day until I was sure it was sorted.

Brexit was how long ago? WTF?

There was an open window to get this sorted.

Sweden is very bureaucratic and relying heavily on their domestic identification systems which are notoriously impossible to navigate for foreigners. However it is of absolute necessity to get this part sorted out in order to make any kind of communication with the government in Sweden, so it boggles my mind if anyone didn't have access to the application long beforehand, if they've been living in Sweden for longer than a few months at most. Age is no excuse. You simply cannot exist in Sweden without it.

The proces was then to apply for permanent residence using the offered agreement between UK and EU, by logging in, filling out the form and attaching the requested documents as proof of residence, and also the required biometric registration.

Sure, it wasn't easy, but it is going to be even more difficult afterwards. Anyone who is entering Sweden (from outside EU) after this, will have to apply to the ordinary migration system which includes a test in both language and history of Sweden.

Let's hope there will be a new government here soon.

It's easy to say that these UK nationals should have just followed the rules. I think it's a tragedy either way. Sweden cracks down on immigrants with a heavy hand to satisfy those who imagine themselves endangered by outsiders.

Immigrants are a very well behaved group as long as they aren't excluded from participating in social life. Immigrants don't come to a country to do worse, they come to a country to do make use of the opportunity to do better. The Swedish crackdown on immigration is purely nationalistic in nature and a sign of hard times ahead for the entire world.

I would understand the snark about privileged immigrants such as those from the UK and the shitshow that was Brexit if it didn't also affirm the logic of immigration crackdowns in general. These people are losing livelihoods, friends and family. That is tough no matter where you are from. Cheering it on with no sense of pity means that you are gleefully cheering on workers getting stomped on.