GREECE. Kos. September 13, 2015. Migrants take a ferry from Kos to the mainland. This migrant-only ferry (for which each person paid 60 euros) left 10 hours late and then diverted to several other islands to pick up more migrant passengers. The normally 10 hour trip took nearly 36 hours. Tens of thousands of migrants have attempted the journey in flimsy craft from Turkey to Kos. Hundreds of thousands have set off to other Greek islands. The death of Aylan Kurdi the previous week set off a firestorm of attention to the plight of migrants and refugees (largely from Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan) crossing into Europe. More than 500,000 have arrived thus far in 2015.