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A painful truth about post-Brexit immigration | Letters

The Guardian UK Sunday 13 September 2026, 15:54 UTC By Guardian Staff 1 min read
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While the media rightly highlights the harsh treatment of UK citizens abroad, the UK Home Office is quietly inflicting similar cruelty, says Vera-Lynn WatsonYour report (Wife of British man at risk of deportation from Sweden calls on Burnham to intervene, 3 September) highlights a painful truth about post-Brexit immigration: families are being treated as administrative burdens rather than human beings. However, this harsh treatment cuts both ways. I am a 71-year-old German-American citizen,...

While the media rightly highlights the harsh treatment of UK citizens abroad, the UK Home Office is quietly inflicting similar cruelty, says Vera-Lynn Watson

Your report (Wife of British man at risk of deportation from Sweden calls on Burnham to intervene, 3 September) highlights a painful truth about post-Brexit immigration: families are being treated as administrative burdens rather than human beings. However, this harsh treatment cuts both ways.

I am a 71-year-old German-American citizen, married to my British husband for 38 years. We have only ever been apart for work. We bought property in the UK in 2023 so my husband could retire there. After retiring from my job in Germany, I applied for a UK family visa on 1 April 2026, expecting to settle down with him and my two adult sons within six weeks. The lawyer was rather optimistic.

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