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Man with dementia given days to leave Sweden
Swedish authorities have given George Mason until 20 August to leave the country
A man who has lived in Sweden for more than 20 years and receives round-the-clock care has been given days to leave the country.
George Mason, who is originally from Hinckley in Leicestershire, has vascular dementia as well as vascular parkinsonism and lives in a specialist care facility.
His daughter, Michelle Torossian, said the family was told by the British Embassy on 7 August that Swedish authorities had given Mason, 74, until Thursday to leave the country or face deportation.
Rejecting an appeal by the family, Migration Court of Appeal documents state "when weighing up the state's interest in regulated immigration" and Mason's "private life", it determined expulsion was "proportionate".
Torossian said the situation had been "awful" and "traumatic" for the family.
"I'm just worried that if the police go in and try and take him, how is that going to affect my dad. We just want him to have some dignity," she said.
"We want him to be treated like someone - he's very vulnerable, and I just feel that this is really ruthless and harsh."
Torossian said doctors had advised the Swedish authorities the process of moving Mason to the UK would pose a "danger to his life".
When the UK left the European Union (EU) on 31 January 2020, British citizens stopped being EU citizens, which meant they could no longer stay in Sweden with right of residence status.