More photos in Photos than in iPhotos after importation

Hello,
after launching Photos the first time and importing my current library, I found photos I deleted months ago in Photos.
Actually, iPhoto current library have 16802 photos while Photos have 18082 (1280 additional pictures).
Any ideas how I can fix that without having to doing it manually?
Regards
Tipoun

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