Complex sentence: He lived in a Dutch commune from around 1995 but was deported from the Netherlands in October 1997 and returned to Britain, saying that he had failed to keep his residency papers in order.
Split into simpler sentences: He lived in a Dutch commune from around 1995 but was deported from the Netherlands in October 1997 and returned to Britain. He said that he had failed to keep his residency papers in order.