A former British business director named Charles, now 65, was deported from Sweden after a five-year effort to stay in the country following Brexit, according to recent reports. Charles, who has no children and no property in the UK, was separated from his Swedish wife and home when he was forced onto a flight from Stockholm to London. He arrived in the UK in 2022 for a week and has not returned since 2017, when he moved to Sweden. Charles described himself as homeless in the UK, saying he has "nothing" there. He wants to return to Sweden to be with his wife, friends, and the home he built, and live a "quiet, peaceful life." Charles was deported after a failed residency application under Sweden's Aliens Act. He had made a timely application before Brexit, but it was denied. He was detained for two weeks in a Swedish detention center and was given some belongings by the captain of the flight upon arrival in London, including a sealed envelope from the Swedish Prison and Probation Service and a police document stating he did not need to be escorted. His detention began after he received a text from authorities asking him and his wife to visit their local police station to discuss their migration case. Charles believed the meeting was to address their five-year fight to prove they had lived in Sweden lawfully before Brexit. Instead, he was immediately detained and told he would be deported. He said he begged the authorities not to detain him and asked if he could drive back to the UK to collect some belongings, but they refused. Before Brexit, British citizens could live, work, study, or retire in any EU member state, and deportation was only used in exceptional cases involving criminal behavior. After Brexit, both British and EU citizens who had used the EU’s free movement rights were told that their right to remain in their host country would be guaranteed under the legally binding withdrawal agreement. However, concerns have been raised about how Sweden is treating British citizens, especially after a series of controversial cases this summer. Some Britons in Sweden have faced difficulties in proving their right to stay, despite the assurances of the withdrawal agreement. Campaign group British in Europe has long expressed concerns about how Sweden is handling British citizens' rights post-Brexit. Jane Golding, chair of the group, said Charles's case raises questions about whether Sweden is following the spirit of the withdrawal agreement. She pointed out that unlike the UK, no EU member state has a statutory body to oversee the correct implementation of the agreement. Additionally, resources for UK citizens in the EU trying to enforce their rights are not as extensive as those available in the UK.