Bed-bound Kathleen Poole, 74, who lives in a dementia care home, has been unable to complete required paperwork
“The EU Commission, which is responsible for overseeing the residency rights of British citizens in the 27 member states, should intervene immediately – as should the British government – to put a stop to the deportation of a vulnerable British citizen.”
“This is a lady who cannot even feed herself. The police are just doing a box-ticking exercise on what she can take with her but nobody is standing up and saying ‘this is preposterous, this should not be happening’,” said David Milstead, a British professor of physics in Sweden who is part of the British in Sweden group.
The EU went to great lengths to ensure guarantees for all citizens affected through no fault of their own by the referendum result, with Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier declaring that “Brexit should not alter the nature of people’s daily lives” in a state of the union address in 2017. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development office said it was in touch with the Poole family and was continuing to support them.But Angelica said the embassy in Stockholm had written to her on 9 February advising them to get legal advice and to cooperate with the police.
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