Respondents also noted the general lack of interaction between detention facility staff and detainees, unless they were being counted at night, asked for information or punished for ‘misbehaviour’. When they were spoken to, respondents mentioned that they were frequently referred to by their detention numbers, rather than by name. Furthermore, they reported unprovoked verbal insults and racist remarks by the authorities, as well as the use of handcuffs contributing to treatment associated with crime. This had a visible impact on the mental wellbeing of detainees. If I had been a drug dealer, I wouldn't have to stay for one year. Back home in Tunisia I would just stay a few months and go out. I felt like a criminal without doing anything. Yes I applied for asylum at the camp, they asked me for my personal details, I gave them a quick interview and they don’t care about it, they applied for that and they just treat me so bad and then they just they took me from Fylakio to Drama and in a really bad situation, like a criminal, they took me in a closed van, they took me to Drama and it was so bad. Makan, Fylakio and Paranesti It's so stressful for the people inside. Some people get angry when they don’t get their rights, like medicine and sometimes they don’t give them what they need and they start to climb the fence and protest and don't take the food and start shouting. I felt like a criminal without doing anything. Walid, Paranesti They act like we are criminals. Not only for me, for everybody there. When they arrest me they just kick me in the car and the behaviour was so bad and just.. they behaved to me as if I was a criminal and with their equipment that they have… There's something they put in their hands, for criminals, handcuffs. Abdul, Corinth Fazal, Corinth Walid, Paranesti Source: Xanthi PRDC, MIT respondent 57