An unaccompanied child asylum seeker outside a n accommodation centre in Pajala.

Very few unaccompanied child asylum seekers continue to receive support from the municipalities where they have been based after they turn 18, despite new state funding announced in June, a Swedish Radio investigation has found.

If child asylum seekers turn 18 while their case is still being decided, responsibility for looking after them passes from the municipality where they have been housed to the Migration Agency.

The Migration Agency often then offers accommodation in another part of the country, meaning many face a choice of moving, and so leaving...