Greek authorities assumed the victims were asylum seekers because no one was looking for missing people locally. And for more than a month, their identities, and the circumstances of their deaths, remained a mystery.
source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/01/world/europe/greece-migrants-wildfire.html
source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/01/world/europe/greece-migrants-wildfire.html