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.
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.
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.
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