Interest in opening their homes to temporarily host young refugees is skyrocketing among Swedes, Swedish Radio News reports.

Cities like Stockholm, Malmö and Växjö are reporting a barrage of phone calls and emails in the past week asking about the program that pairs unaccompanied minors seeking asylum with Swedish households.

Officials said they barely have time to reply to everyone who contacts them.

"They are saying: 'Enough is enough, I have room in my house, and I can open up my home.' So many people are starting off like that when they call," said Eva Kollberg, who works on the hosting...