British man deported from Sweden despite living there since childhood

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How it spread - 9 original reports

1. Wed, 2 September 2026

   2 reports
   • The Guardian World05:00first to report
     British man deported from Sweden despite living there since childhood

     John Sellers, 34, who moved with his family to Sweden aged 10, has been ejected despite his recent marriage to a Swede A 34-year-old British man who has lived in Sweden since he was 10 has been deported in the latest of a series of Brexit-induced catastrophes for UK citizens in the country. John Sellers was told to leave despite living in Sweden for 24 years, having been educated in the country and newly married to his Swedish partner, Caroline. Continue reading...

   • Index.hr (Croatia)16:28
     Britanac živio u Švedskoj 24 godine, tamo se školovao i oženio. Deportirali su ga

     BRITANAC (34), koji od svoje desete godine živi u Švedskoj, deportiran je iz Švedske, što je najnoviji slučaj u nizu problema s kojima se britanski državljani u toj zemlji suočavaju zbog Brexita.

2. Thu, 3 September 2026

   2 reports
   • The Guardian World06:00
     Wife of British man at risk of deportation from Sweden calls on Burnham to intervene

     Case is latest in string of post-Brexit deportations from country, which has been criticised for high refusal rate for British people to remain The wife of a British man detained by police in Stockholm on Tuesday ahead of a threatened deportation has pleaded with Andy Burnham to get involved in the Brexit catastrophe unfolding for many British citizens in Sweden. Charles, who does not want to be fully identified, and his Swedish wife, Lily, were summoned to the police station at 10am on...

   • Index.hr (Croatia)07:05
     Švedska nakon Brexita deportira Britance više nego ijedna druga država

     BRITANCU koji u Švedskoj živi od 2017. prijeti deportacija. Njegova supruga poziva britanskog premijera na intervenciju.

3. Sat, 5 September 2026

   1 report
   • The Guardian World09:16
     Sweden confirms 458 Britons deported or forcibly removed since Brexit

     Scale of deportations made public for first time amid criticism of hardline approach to UK citizens Sweden has confirmed 458 British citizens have been deported or forcibly removed by police since Brexit. It is the first time the scale of the deportations of citizens who failed to secure residency in Sweden post-Brexit has been made public and comes amid mounting criticism of a cruel and hardline approach to Britons who had chosen to make the country their home before Brexit. Continue reading...

4. Tue, 8 September 2026

   1 report
   • BBC News World16:23
     British widow faces deportation from Sweden after 22 years

     A 78-year-old British woman is facing deportation for failing to fill out a Brexit residence application on time.

5. Wed, 9 September 2026

   2 reports
   • Vecernji list (Croatia)11:27edited after publishing
     Što se događa u 'obećanoj zemlji'? Medicinska sestra koja tamo živi 22 godine, dobila je rok da napusti zemlju

     previouslyNoćna mora ljudi u 'obećanoj zemlji': 'To je kao smrtna kazna, pakiram kovčege...'

     Švedska je potvrdila da je od Brexita policija deportirala ili prisilno udaljila 458 britanskih državljana

   • tportal (Croatia)21:13
     'Obećana zemlja' kakvu nisu očekivali: Medicinska sestra nakon 22 godine mora pakirati kofere

     Švedska vlada odbacuje kritike i tvrdi da provodi pravila iz sporazuma o Brexitu

6. Fri, 11 September 2026

   1 report
   • The Guardian World17:41
     ‘Absurd, hardline calls’: questions over Sweden’s post-Brexit migration policy

     Sweden has ordered more Britons, including vulnerable people, to leave post-Brexit than any other EU country He arrived with nothing other than the clothes he wore that morning. Hours later he was banged up in a detention centre close to a Stockholm airport to await deportation. Charles, a former business director from Cambridge, who did not want his full name published, moved to Sweden in 2017 to be with his Swedish wife, Lily, and applied to remain after Brexit, before the deadline of...