That meant many people – potentially in the thousands – were not directly notified that they needed to submit an application to update their residence status before December 31st, 2021. The issue was complicated because SIRI did not send information letters about the application deadline directly to people who moved to Denmark from the UK after January 31st, 2020.

The affected British nationals faced having to leave Denmark after the authority that processes the applications, the Danish Agency for International Recruitment and Integration (SIRI), began rejecting applications that were submitted late without what it deemed to be “reasonable” cause for a late submission. ‘Ashamed, embarrassed, disappointed’ – How Brits in the EU feel about the UK.‘Plans ruined and job opportunities lost’: Freedom of movement ends as Brexit reality dawns for Britons across Europe.I also have colleagues trying to move to the UK who have jobs there and it’s almost impossible to move because of the bureaucracy. “The general interchange in terms of highly-skilled labour has serious consequences and we see that everyday. Therefore getting out of the UK has increased enormously in the number of applicants for jobs in universities,” Wind told The Local. “In the universities, since Brexit we’ve seen a decrease in British citizens but an influx of other Europeans coming from the UK, who simply want to escape the UK and go for a job in Denmark, Sweden or Norway because we teach in English.

Professor Marlene Wind from the Department of Political Science at Copenhagen University said she has noticed some effects of Brexit. Nedergaard attributed the lower figures of British people moving to Denmark between 20 to the business cycle in Denmark and how attractive it was to earn money in the country at the time.

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