American Family flees Rijnsburg

December 1 2009
American Refugee family on the run again.

Collins fled to the Netherlands in 1994 to escape the abuse from her ex-husband after he fractured her little boys skull. The father denies breaking the bones in the child’s head, yet the child reported to doctors that his father slammed him into a wall because he got out of bed. The child reported that he was scared when he heard his father hitting his mother and went to look when he heard his mommy crying for help.

Collins claims that she could not find protection in the United States and fled the country with her 3 children. She was arrested at Schipol airport for inadequate travel documentations. Collins requested political asylum. After an emergency hearing the Ministries of Justice decided that Collins had enough evidence to apply for asylum. Collins and her 3 young children spent 3 years in refugee camps, asylum centers and transitional housing. The family was the first Americans to ever be granted asylum in the Netherlands.

Collins became involved with a Dutch man and has children with them. She volunteered with 'war orphans' and the couple adopted several children from Africa. Collins takes the blame for the separation but didn't elaborate.

In 2000 Collins was allotted a house in Rijnsburg, a small religious community in the south of Holland. Collins testified that a week after she moved into the village she was approached by a neighbor and he warned that foreigners were not welcomed. Her adopted children reported that they were subjected to racial slurs such as "Nigger" and "jungle monkey" from SOMEONE and that he told them that they belonged in a zoo. For years Collins and her children were harassed, terrorized and physically assaulted by SOMEONE, his family and his friends.

Collins said that the abuse was so severe and bizarre that she was afraid that no one would believe her and her children. "The police said it was a 'he said/ she said' situation and that I didn't have any proof, so I bought a video camera to prove the terror my children and I were living in."

When Collins approached the police with her video tapes of SOMEONE threatening to "drown the children in their own blood" the local police accepted SOMEONES accounts that Collins antagonized him by video taping him on public property. Collins was warned by the police that if she video taped again she could be arrested for violating SOMEONE's privacy.

Despite the threats of prosecution, Collins continued video taping every altercation with SOMEONE. On one of the tapes it is clear to see that this SOMEONE forced his way into Collins home and attacked her and her children. A little Collins child can be heard in the tape questioning "mommy is it good that I was hiding?"

Early on in the tape SOMEONES child can be heard calling Collins a "Kutwijf" This is quite a difference in upbringing.

Despite the overwhelming evidence, the Rijnsburg police refused to accept ‘aangifts’. Collins continued to seek justice and contacted several agencies, slachtoffer hulp, slachtoffer informatie punt, the OM and "anyone I could find who would listen to my cries for help"

An investigation by the National Ombudsman revealed that the Rijnsburg Police erred by failing to properly process the aangifts. The District Attorney sent a letter confirming the mistakes from the police but regretted that too much time had passed to prosecute the specific SOMEONE.

With the help from Slachtoffer Informatie Punt. Den Haag, the Rijnsburg police was forced to accept an aangift for stalking against SOMEONE yet months later and the OM confirms that the Rijnsburg police still has not processed the complaint and have not forwarded it on to the OM.

Collins said that she had no choice but to flee Rijnsburg to protect her children. She has received an urgent declaration and has relocated to Oegstgeest.