Romanian tourist Vasile Belea, 63, has been found (Picture: Met Police/PA)

A Romanian tourist who vanished after he got separated from his son on the Tube over three days ago has been found ‘safe and well’ after spotting his picture in Metro.

Vasile Belea, 63, saw our story before he wandered into Acton Police Station in west London at around 10:45pm last night. He has now been reunited with his family

‘Everyone he met was very kind to him but they didn’t realise he was a missing person,’ his daughter-in-law, Olimpia Belea, told MailOnline.

‘He approached police twice in the first day but they didn’t understand him and he gave up approaching them.

‘He saw his picture in the Metro newspaper and managed to get to the police last night.’

She said he survived on just £17, staying in warm shops during the day and sheltering in bus stops overnight.

Our story on Vasile Belea on Friday (Picture: Metro)

The missing man was last seen at Stockwell underground station in south London at around 10am on Tuesday.

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Mr Belea was travelling into central London with his son but they got split up when the younger man managed to get onto a train, and the doors closed before Mr Belea could join him.

‘He has been reunited with his family,’ said a Met Police spokesman.

‘We would like to thank the public and the media for their assistance in publicising this appeal.’

Vasile Belea was missing for over three days (Picture: PA)

He had come over to England to enjoy Christmas with his son when he went missing, he had only been to the UK once before.

He speaks only very limited English and was not carrying any medication for his arthritis.

His concerned family earlier said their lives had become a ‘living nightmare’ following his disappearance.

‘You don’t expect it to happen to anyone. It was just a normal day,’ his daughter-in-law Olimpia Belea told the Evening Standard.