Alex, originally from Oldham, had been officially missing for those six years.
He left the UK for a holiday in Spain with his mother (Melanie) and grandfather (David).
He was due to return to the UK on Sunday October 8, 2017, but never did, before being discovered last Wednesday week.
Meanwhile, Alex has revealed in an interview with The Sun that he decided to return to the UK for a better future, having realised his mother was a 'great person but not a great mum’.
Interviewed for the first time, the teenager said he realised he could no longer live with his ‘anti-government, anti-vax’ mother after an argument.
He had become fed up of his nomadic lifestyle with ‘no friends’ and ‘no social life’.
Alex is now back under the legal guardianship of his grandmother Susan Caruana in Oldham.
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