The family of an elderly British woman with Alzheimer's, who faces being ripped away from her loved ones and deported from Sweden, fear she won't survive the journey to the UK if she is forced to return.  

Bedbound Kathleen Poole, a 74-year-old widow, moved to Sweden from Macclesfield 18 years ago to be close to her son Wayne and his Swedish wife Angelica and their four children.

But 11 years ago, she developed dementia and has been in a care home near her family for the past 10 years and is now so incapacitated she cannot feed herself or go to the bathroom unaided.

An application made on her behalf by her family has been rejected by 'inhumane' Swedish immigration chiefs because she does not have an up-to-date passport or financial statements to demonstrate her right to be in the country post-Brexit.

Angelica, 42, said: 'We don't know just how long she has left which is why we're fighting so hard to keep her in Sweden with us.

We don't know if she would even survive the journey to England chungminhtaichinh because her health is so poor, there's a significant risk that she wouldn't.'

News that the pensioner would be thrown out of Sweden was met with outrage in the UK, with politicians branding it 'cruel' and 'deeply shocking'. 

But last night, Mrs Poole's family was given fresh hope after Swedish authorities claimed they would look again at Mrs Poole's case.