Pip@feddit.org to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 1 month agoBritish widow, 78, told to leave Sweden under Brexit rules after living there for 21 yearswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square82linkfedilinkarrow-up1127arrow-down14
arrow-up1123arrow-down1external-linkBritish widow, 78, told to leave Sweden under Brexit rules after living there for 21 yearswww.theguardian.comPip@feddit.org to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square82linkfedilink
minus-squarekuiskaaja@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·1 month agoyou didn’t need to know swedish to become a citizen until very recently
minus-squarejenesaisquoi@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-21 month agoKnowing the language of the country you’re living in is just common sense
minus-squarekuiskaaja@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-21 month agoyeah i know, ive actually been learning swedish for the past few months cus i’ve thought of moving to sweden myself haha
minus-squaremirshafie@europe.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoTrue, she could probably have gotten citizenship right after Brexit, since she had lived in Sweden for 15 years at that point. The rules were pretty lax back then (and now of course Sweden is over-correcting, because that’s just what you do).
minus-squarePyr@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoSay that about Indians / Chinese in Canada and you get labelled a racist 😂 Wonder what they would say in this case where it’s all white people involved.
minus-squarekuiskaaja@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-21 month agoget labeled a racist by a tiny minority of chronically online idiots maybe, if you say that on the internet i don’t think that’s a thing that the average person does anywhere, but what do i know, i don’t live in canada and can only speak for my country :D
you didn’t need to know swedish to become a citizen until very recently
Knowing the language of the country you’re living in is just common sense
yeah i know, ive actually been learning swedish for the past few months cus i’ve thought of moving to sweden myself haha
True, she could probably have gotten citizenship right after Brexit, since she had lived in Sweden for 15 years at that point. The rules were pretty lax back then (and now of course Sweden is over-correcting, because that’s just what you do).
Say that about Indians / Chinese in Canada and you get labelled a racist 😂
Wonder what they would say in this case where it’s all white people involved.
get labeled a racist by a tiny minority of chronically online idiots maybe, if you say that on the internet
i don’t think that’s a thing that the average person does anywhere, but what do i know, i don’t live in canada and can only speak for my country :D