Death toll in Spain's Ceuta from migrant rush hits 75: official
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Last week's irregular entry of tens of thousands of migrants from Morocco to Ceuta left 75 people dead in the Spanish north African territory, officials said on Tuesday, raising the toll from 72.
The Spanish government's delegation in Ceuta confirmed the figure to AFP after the rush from July 30 saw many migrants drown as they tried to swim around a barrier in the Mediterranean Sea.
Morocco's interior ministry on Sunday said 11 people died on the Moroccan side of the border, all but one by drowning.
Spain says 70,000 of the 72,000 migrants who reached Ceuta have returned to Morocco.
Those who remain face squalid living conditions with limited access to shelter, food, water and sanitation, AFP reporters in Ceuta saw.
