Kathleen Poole’s family wanted to prevent the 74-year-old woman will be transferred to England. Kathleen moved to Sweden from the English town of Macclesfield 18 years ago after becoming widowed. He wanted to be close to his son, daughter-in-law, and four grandchildren. Eleven years ago he was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. and, for a decade, she has lived in a dementia center close to her family.

According to the British newspaper The Guardian, the woman’s face forced transfer to England because you don’t have a renewed passport or meet the financial requirements required under the new rules that apply to Britons living in the European Union after Brexit.

The family said they had sent letters to Swedish police asking them not to deport Kathleen. They defended that they wanted him to be close to them so that he received the best care and affection from his relatives. Currently, the deportation process has not stopped.

Politicians echo the case

This issue has resonated in the British political class. Labor MP Hilary Benn has asked the European Commission to intervene immediately in the case which she described as “deeply shocking”. Activists from the group ‘British in Europe’ have also referred the case to community agencies.

“This is typical of Sweden’s way of carrying out an overly technical interpretation of the withdrawal agreement and, at the same time, apparently ignoring important treaty guarantees designed to ensure that people like Ms Poole are not deported,” he said. told The Guardian David Milstead, a physics teacher who is part of the ‘Britain in Sweden’ group.

Kathleen’s son and daughter-in-law lamented the harshness of Sweden’s position. They described the decision to deport him as inhumane and they added that their transfer would mean physical challenges for the patients, who had to be accompanied by nursing staff at all times.