The number of bodies recovered on the coast of the Spanish city of Ceuta following the massive influx of people from Morocco in recent days remains at 67, awaiting a final report that will allow the human cost of the migration crisis to be measured.
The Civil Guard maintains a constant search to locate more bodies in the area near the Tarajal border breakwater, which separates Spain from Morocco, where thousands of people swam to Ceuta since last Thursday. Due to the constant increase in the number of bodies recovered, a space was set up in the port of the North African Spanish city to accommodate the bodies, awaiting identification.
The bodies are in a space in the port of Ceuta, awaiting identification
Forensic support personnel are expected to be sent to Ceuta from the peninsula to perform autopsies and agents specialized in identifying bodies, according to authorities of the border town. With the latest update on the deceased, the number of migrants who have died so far in 2026 trying to swim into this Spanish city rises to 99.
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This morning, a meeting began at the headquarters of the Government Delegation in Ceuta between the Spanish Interior Minister, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, the Government delegate, Miguel Ángel Pérez, and police commanders to analyze the evolution of the situation in the autonomous city. According to the Spanish Ministry of the Interior, a large part of the approximately 50,000 people who crossed the border have already returned to Morocco.
Dozens of buses transported hundreds of migrants from early Saturday to various points in the African country who were in the Moroccan town of Fnideq (Castillejos) after irregularly entering the Spanish enclave of Ceuta.
