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MP Demands Halt to Deportation of Joyce Thomas

8/18/2026

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  • MP Häkan Svenneling wrote to migration minister Johan Forssell demanding a halt to the deportation of 78-year-old Joyce Thomas.
  • Svenneling said Thomas missed the Brexit residency deadline of 31 December 2021 and filed an application in 2023, raising the removal order for 74-year-old Horace (George) Mason, who has dementia.
  • The cases pressure Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson’s coalition, while Britain’s Foreign Office says Sweden’s handling breaches EU-UK treaty rights and urges EU action.