Sweden has deported or issued removal orders to thousands of British nationals since Brexit, with 2,490 expulsions recorded between 2020 and 2025 — representing 33% of all Britons removed from EU member states in that period, far exceeding France (6%), Spain (3%), and Germany (2%). Cases include a 78-year-old widow of 22 years' residence, a 74-year-old man with dementia, and a Briton who moved to Sweden aged 10, many of whom missed the December 2021 deadline to apply for residency under the post-Brexit withdrawal agreement. Critics and opposition parties argue that Sweden's broader rightward shift on immigration has hardened how its migration agency (Migrationsverket) applies what was intended to be a protective legal framework for settled EU residents, with all three opposition parties now pledging legislation to reopen the application process.