ATHENS, Oct 2: A Greek detention centre for illegal migrants is an insult to human dignity and cholera could break out there at any time, the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Tuesday.

Migrants have increasingly tried to cross into Greece by boat or through the land border with Turkey in recent years.

Following a Monday inspection visit to the island of Samos, off the western coast of Turkey, the agency said conditions at the centre ‘insulted human dignity’ and violated human rights.

“Men, women and children sleep on the floors, the ceilings could cave in at any time, it is dirty, toilets are overflowing and cholera could break out at any time,” UNHCR Public Information officer Kate Kehaioglou said.—Reuters