At least 582 undocumented migrants have been rescued or intercepted by Greek authorities over the last 24 hours in 21 separate incidents in various sea regions in the eastern Aegean, from Samothrace to Rhodes.
The third country nationals were attempting to sneak onto Greek territories from neighboring Turkey.
Greece’s isles have been inundated by tens of thousands of migrants, most describing themselves as Syrians nationals fleeing war zones, since the beginning of the year.
Ιn one particularly shocking instance, a total of 53 people — including minors and 15 women — were abandoned on an uninhabited isle near the central Aegean island of Alonissos.

The group started a fire on the isle in order to attract attention, and in the process burning half an acre of brushland and risking their own lives in the ensuring wildfire.

The group, all claiming to be Syrians, were eventually taken to the central port city of Volos for processing.