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Naked migrants sprayed for scabies

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Naked migrants sprayed for scabies

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Reuters

1 Views • Dec 18, 2013

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(SOUNDBITE) (English) MIGRANT "KHALID" SAYING:

"All the people with no dress, same the animal, see see."

A video purports to show migrants standing naked and being sprayed for scabies at a holding centre in Lampedusa.

State television aired the video on Monday and interviewed one of the migrants, known as Khalid.

(SOUNDBITE) (English) MIGRANT "KHALID" SAYING:

"This happened two days ago. Yes, two days, only two days ago."

The mayor of Lampedusa said the video made the centre look like a "concentration camp" and that Italy should be "ashamed" of its treatment of migrants.

(SOUNDBITE) (English) MIGRANT SAYING:

"Here the man also but you have lady up, you see."

The video has stirred outrage in Italy.

The European Commission has threatened Italy with legal action -- over its adherence to EU rules on acceptable conditions in detention centers, among other issues.

(SOUNDBITE) (English) MIGRANT "KHALID" SAYING:

"I'm here