Alex Batty has been spending his first night back in the UK in the more than six years since he disappeared on holiday in Spain with his mother and grandfather.
The 17-year-old did not return from a pre-arranged trip there when he was 11 but was picked up near the French city of Toulouse on Wednesday.
After being looked after by the French authorities, he met his step-grandfather at Toulouse airport on Saturday before boarding a flight back to the UK, Greater Manchester Police said.
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