Most of the estimated 60,000 people who rushed into Spain’s north African territory have returned to Morocco since the territory’s largest mass migrant crossing.
“The latest figure that we have is 72,” the government’s delegate to Ceuta, Miguel Angel Perez Triano, told reporters, when asked about the number of fatalities.
The previous toll was 67 deaths.
Spanish police and troops patrolled the streets of Ceuta on Sunday as the enclave largely returned to normal after the sudden mass influx of migrants from Morocco that had occurred between Wednesday and Friday.
Only small groups of migrants were still walking around after most who crossed the small border barrier returned voluntarily to Morocco in 48 hours.
Some migrant minors were seen milling around in a disused industrial park in Ceuta. Others were seen dozing on the pavements outside.
“All the children here want to go to [mainland] Spain,” said one of the few adults at the site, Moroccan man Aziz Dabch, 41.
The largest migrant rush into the enclave has caused an international crisis for Spain with European partners criticising Madrid for its immigration policies.
