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- Sweden ordered 2,500 British nationals to leave, about one-third of EU post-Brexit removals.
- Swedish authorities refused 27.5% of 14,000 stay applications, three times higher than any other EU state.
- Joyce Thomas, 78, lost her appeal and must leave Sweden within four weeks because she lacked “reasonable grounds.”
- Campaigner David Milstead said the high refusal rate shows the withdrawal agreement fails to protect Britons.
