Murhaf attracted attention when he sold cornflowers for a record sum of five million kronor. In connection with this, attention was also drawn to the deportation limbo he and his family ended up in, and the Green Party therefore invited him to talk about this in the Riksdag.
"Murhaf's situation has opened the eyes of millions to this. Children born and raised in Sweden should not be able to be deported, they should be granted residence permits, says Annika Hirvonen, migration policy spokesperson for the Green Party.
A more efficient asylum process
The Moderates do not want to participate in an interview with SVT, but Victor Wärnick, who is chairman of the Social Security Committee, answers in writing via the party's press secretary:
"Each case is unique and I do not have knowledge of the individual case nor can I express an opinion. But in general, we need to have a more efficient asylum process where people wait less time and where we really ensure that the decisions that are made and gain legal force are also enforced."
The Christian Democrats' migration policy spokesperson, Ingemar Kihlström, also writes via his party's press secretary that he cannot comment on individual cases. But believes that the previous Social Democrat-led government is responsible for the fact that many who have been denied asylum still lived in Sweden, and that the current government has begun work to change this.
– No children or adults should have to live long lives in an existence of uncertainty with an uncertain future, it does not befit a country like Sweden.
L, SD and S declined to comment.