英国男子在瑞典生活24年后遭驱逐

现年34岁的英国男子约翰·塞勒斯在瑞典生活24年后，于1月被驱逐出境 1。塞勒斯自10岁起在瑞典成长、接受教育，后与瑞典伴侣卡罗琳结婚，但在近7年的留居申请斗争中未能获批 1。瑞典移民局先后拒绝了他于2021年9月提交的瑞典公民申请以及两次基于家庭关系的留居申请 1。

塞勒斯的遭遇反映出脱欧后瑞典对英国公民的严格政策。据欧盟统计局数据，瑞典是驱逐英国公民数量最多的欧盟成员国，约2500名英国国民自脱欧以来被下令离境，占欧盟27国脱欧驱逐令总数的三分之一 1。此外，一名78岁的英国寡妇乔伊斯·托马斯被下令在9月7日前离境，她已在瑞典生活21年 1；患痴呆症的英国公民乔治·梅森在8月被下令离境，后获延期至9月28日 1。瑞典移民机构拒绝了大多数晚期申请，仅12个其他欧盟国家使用此类程序 1。

A 34-year-old British citizen, John Sellers, was deported from Sweden in January after living in the country for 24 years since arriving at age 101. Despite having grown up, received his education, and married his Swedish partner Caroline in Sweden, Sellers faced expulsion following the rejection of his citizenship application submitted in September 2021 and two subsequent residence permit applications based on his family relationship1.

The deportation reflects a broader pattern affecting British nationals across the European Union following Brexit. Sweden has become the EU member state responsible for the highest number of deportations of British citizens, with approximately 2,500 British nationals ordered to leave the country—accounting for one-third of all deportation orders issued across the 27 EU member states since Brexit1. Sellers's case is not isolated; a 78-year-old British widow, Joyce Thomas, who had lived in Sweden for 21 years, was ordered to depart by September 7, while George Mason, a British citizen with dementia, received a deportation order in August with a deadline extension to September 281. Swedish immigration authorities have rejected the majority of late-stage residence applications, a procedure adopted by only 12 other EU nations1.