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Illegal immigrant fucks around and finds out.

I keep seeing these people pop up in “ex pat” (hate that term) groups here in Portugal. Mate, Brexit was in the news and stuff.

Portugal is being patient, but I assume there are limits. theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

in reply to Sarah Brown

They're saying they had no communication from the Swedish government about what they were supposed to do and by when. So I can see their pov.
in reply to Mackaj

@Mackaj I don’t actually believe them, because the people doing the same shit in Portugal say the same thing.

What they actually mean is, “I ignored every attempt by everyone involved to help me regularise my status”.

in reply to Sarah Brown

@Mackaj And there are Facebook groups for British immigrants. There are always Facebook groups. They always have step by step guides.

These people ignore them.

in reply to Sarah Brown

@Mackaj And the common factor is not usually digital illiteracy, but “I’m British so shit doesn’t apply to me” entitlement.
in reply to Sarah Brown

😄

Yeah I can definitely see people taking that attitude. If they did then serves them right.

One thing I found highly amusing were online accounts of "ex-pats" who voted for Brexit, then got stung by it and were shocked later that it actually affected them.

in reply to Mackaj

@Mackaj Fewer of those than the press would have one believe in my experience.
in reply to Sarah Brown

Surely, rather than trying to apply under the withdrawal agreement, it would have made more sense to apply as a 3rd country national married to an EU national?.
in reply to Amy

@Amy Even under that route he’d be liable to deportation for not applying for a residence card.
@Amy
in reply to Sarah Brown

@Sarah Brown I'm not a fan of immigration restrictions, and I know that Sweden is tightening (has tightened?) its immigration rules and going more vigorously after folk who don't have permission to stay... but it does seem like another case of "but I'm British you didn't mean meeeeeee"
in reply to Alexandra Lanes

xenophobia

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