A singer with a Swedish disco band who performed at this year’s Eurovision has told of the “dehumanising” and “distressing” consequences of Brexit after her British husband’s application to remain in Sweden was rejected.
It's not a vendetta against Brits, love. Sweden has fallen out of love with immigration and obviously doesn't want to have to make a value judgement about who deserves to stay.
Their ordeal began three years ago when Solomons, who had been living in the country since 2012, learned from one of his British employees that he should have applied to remain in Sweden by the end of 2021. He quickly applied but was this rejected in August this year on the grounds that he was late.
Merkel Solomons said she felt embarrassed to be Swedish and could not understand the approach of the authorities given that Solomons is a fully integrated member of society, a stepfather to her two children, paying taxes and a Swedish speaker.
Should probably have married a drug dealer instead, love. They went soft on those for years.
All those things - that we think of as good things - never counted for much before, and Sweden has reaped the whirlwind of that particular policy in the past.
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