It has been a busy few weeks for Murhaf Hamid. Since the article in Sydsvenskan, many journalists have wanted to talk to him, and he has been contacted by several high-ranking politicians – even the Prime Minister.
"It's nerve-wracking. I don't know what we're going to talk about, maybe about all the cornflowers I've sold," says Murhaf Hamid.
On Thursday, he was invited to Parliament by Green Party MP Annika Hirvonen to talk about what it is like to be an asylum seeker in Sweden. Murhaf has lived here for almost 12 years with his family, but has had his asylum application rejected three times, according to several media outlets.
"There is no time limit for how long you can live in Sweden without asylum. But the longer you have lived in Sweden, the stronger the reasons for deportation are required, says Louise Dane, lawyer at the organization Asylrättscentrum, which provides advice to asylum seekers.
"Murhaf's case is not unique. We often have children with families living with deportation decisions. But we have no statistics on how many.
See pictures from the conversation in the Riksdag where Murhaf Hamid participated.