Rome ( CNN ) -- Video showing a naked man being sprayed by an aid worker , apparently as part of a medical treatment and in full view of other migrants on the Italian island of Lampedusa , has sparked outrage in Europe . The secretly filed cellphone footage , aired on Italian state television channel RAI , shows a worker at a migrant center spraying the man while others wait for what officials said was a medical treatment designed to prevent a contagious skin condition called scabies . While the camp manager told CNN on Wednesday that the video is misleading , the Speaker for Italy 's lower house of Parliament , Laura Boldrini , said in a post on the body 's Facebook page that the reported treatment of migrants was `` degrading '' and `` not worthy of a civilized country . '' `` Those images can not leave us indifferent , '' said Boldrini , who was the spokeswoman for several years for the U.N. refugee agency in Rome . She said efforts would be made to find those responsible and hold them accountable . The Italian Interior Ministry ordered an inquiry Tuesday and said it expected a report from the local authorities within 24 hours . EU Home Affairs Commissioner Cecilia Malstrom condemned the images -- reportedly shot by a migrant at the camp -- as `` appalling and unacceptable . '' She said the European Commission would ask the Italian authorities to `` shed full light '' over what had happened . `` We have already started investigations on the deplorable conditions in many Italian detention centers , including Lampedusa , and we will not hesitate to launch an infringement procedure to make sure EU standards and obligations are fully respected , '' she said in a statement Wednesday . `` Our assistance and support to the Italian authorities in managing migratory flows can only be continued if the country guarantees humane and dignified reception conditions to migrants , asylum seekers and refugees . '' Camp Manager Cono Gallipo told CNN Wednesday that accusations that camp staff were humiliating migrants were offensive . `` We are aware of what the video shows , '' Gallipo said . `` But that is not exactly how things work and what really happened . '' Usually , he said , migrants are given a preventative treatment for scabies inside showers contained in an enclosed cabin where greater privacy can be afforded . They are then given clean clothes to wear , Gallipo said . But he said on the day the video was shot , which he said was December 13 , migrants tired of standing in line began removing their clothes before getting inside the cabin . Some asked for the treatment to be done in the open to speed up the process . `` In retrospect we should have stopped the treatment that day , '' he said . `` But at the prospect of either hypothetically breaching the law for omitting to give health assistance to a refugee or hypothetically breaching his/her right to privacy , I opted for the second one . '' Shipwreck deaths . Lampedusa made global headlines when more than 300 African migrants died after their ship sank off its shores on October 3 . Days later , another 34 people died when their boat capsized . Hundreds more have been rescued from often unseaworthy vessels and taken to the tiny Mediterranean island 's overcrowded detention center . As the closest Italian island to Africa , Lampedusa is a frequent destination for refugees seeking to enter European Union countries and shipwrecks off its shores are common . Many of the migrants are from African nations , while others have fled war-torn Syria , officials say . The Italian coast guard told CNN in September that there were some 1,250 migrants in residence , in a space designed for 250 . In the wake of the October tragedy , the U.N. refugee agency called on Italy urgently to renovate the Lampedusa detention center . The agency 's Rome-based representative , Laurens Jolles , said the center 's capacity had been reduced from 850 to 250 by a fire in 2011 and had yet to be restored . `` The serious degradation of the reception center , with entire families forced to sleep in the open when it rains , is absolutely unacceptable , '' he said . He described conditions and services there as below European Union standards and urged Italy to speed up the transfer of migrants and asylum seekers to better equipped centers on the mainland . CNN 's Hada Messia reported from Rome and Laura Smith-Spark wrote and reported in London . CNN 's Marilia Brocchetto contributed to this report .
NEW : Camp manager says video is misleading , rejects claims migrants were degraded . Secretly filmed footage shows a naked man being sprayed while others wait in line . Speaker of Italy 's lower house condemns `` degrading '' treatment of migrants . The island of Lampedusa is a frequent destination for migrants seeking to land on EU soil .