Holland is not a paradise. Chinese illegal immigrants complain about their tragic experiences with blood and tears.

　　　　According to the statistics of NGO BLinN, there are thousands of Chinese living illegally in the Netherlands, and more and more of them are victims of exploitation. In 2008 alone, they contacted 80 victims of smuggling from China who were held in alien detention centers. Ling Zhou, a girl from the Northeast, is one of them.

　　Smuggle into Holland

　　The abandoned snakehead phone at the French airport did not answer.

　　Eight years later, Ling Zhou still remembers the moment when he just set foot in Europe, from full of hope to infinite despair: he just got off the plane at Charles de Gaulle airport, and there was no one to pick him up; I can’t get through to the snakehead; I can’t speak French or English, and I can only read the signs roughly; She just stood in the huge hall with tears in her eyes …

　　At that time, Ling Zhou was still a girl in the Northeast who was just in her early twenties. Her father’s serious illness hollowed out all the savings at home. "It’s easy to find a job in the Netherlands, and everyone is equal. You used to teach Chinese and do housework, and the money was very good. " The words of fellow villagers tempted her. Want to make money to treat my father, do everything possible to raise more than 30,000 yuan (about 3,000 euros), and Ling Zhou boarded a flight to France.

　　The plan of the domestic snakehead is perfect: someone will pick her up at the Paris airport, send her to the Netherlands to arrange accommodation and help her with her work. He gave Ling Zhou a phone number. "Call this number as soon as you get off the plane."

　　"The phone can’t get through at all …" Today, Ling Zhou still tells it like a little girl who is too frightened. At the French airport, she tried to dial that number on the public telephone, but there was only a desperate busy tone in the receiver …

　　"I only know that Amsterdam is the capital of the Netherlands. I think there will be Chinese there, and only they can help me." In this way, Ling Zhou, who was "abandoned" at the French airport, bought a train ticket to Amsterdam.

　　Mistake into a den of prostitution

　　"The door slammed and I felt like I was in hell."

　　Then, Ling Zhou came to Denha, got off the train and felt in his pocket, leaving only more than 100 dollars. At this point, a face of china flashed in front of Ling Zhou. She grabbed the middle-aged woman and asked, "Do you know anyone looking for a worker? I can do anything, cooking and housework … "

　　There was no expression on the woman’s face, but Ling Zhou refused to let go: "I studied scraping and health massage in China." The woman looked Ling Zhou up and down. "Come with me. I have a friend who just invites someone." Southern accent. At this point, Ling Zhou was very happy. "That’s my life-saving job."

　　After about forty or fifty minutes’ walk, the woman took her into a dark passage and extended all the way underground. Ling Zhou began to panic. "It’s like walking into hell."

　　"I don’t want to do it, I want to go!" Zhou Ling tried to escape while calling, only to find that someone had blocked the door. "I still have some clothes to change. I’ll be back when I get them. I need money and will definitely come back to work. " But no matter how hard she struggled, she couldn’t walk away.

　　The door slammed and slammed.

　　"They took all my things, certificates, money, phone numbers … and then pushed me into a room. Very small, with a quilt, a bed and a place to take a bath. "

　　At the moment, Ling Zhou still holds a glimmer of hope: "I told my boss that I would have a good health massage. I won’t do anything else. If you force me, I will fight with you desperately. "

　　At first, the boss agreed, "You can make a lot of money, 15 euros per guest." But after receiving the third guest, sexual service is inevitable. "They said that if you don’t respect the guest again, we will leave a mark on your face with a knife."

　　Hunger for death

　　"I was locked up there, and I had to do it for the guests at any time, day and night."

　　Ling Zhou only remembers that there is a dark, long corridor outside the room. On both sides of the corridor are small rooms with girls like her closed. "I dare not go out. I often hear women screaming and crying in the corridor."

　　At the end of the horrible corridor, there is a small window, and occasionally there is a light, and you can see a crack outside. That’s the only connection between this underground den and the outside world. "There are three men at the door, all from the south, just like bandits."

　　"I cried and begged my boss. My father was ill. Let me call back and send the money home, but all I got was a beating." Ling Zhou pointed to the missing tooth in his mouth and told him, "This tooth was knocked out by them."

　　"Sometimes when I refuse to receive guests, they give me medicine, and after eating it, I am in a daze and can’t be independent." I don’t know how long I was tortured, and Zhou Ling was going crazy. "One day, I was lying in bed and thought, if I go on like this, I’m really finished. I might as well die." So she started a hunger strike, not eating or drinking.

　　"Those people probably think I’m dying, so they say let’s go and give you some money to let you out. Then I won’t eat either. I don’t believe them anymore. " A few days passed, and those people really couldn’t help it. They took out 300 euros in front of her and she ate something.

　　Then, Ling Zhou, who was dying, was thrown back to the railway station by the group, with nothing.

　　Tearful complaint

　　"Holland is not a paradise"

　　"I remember it was still warm when I came, and it was already cold when I came out." Zhou Ling can’t remember exactly how long she stayed in that brothel. "About seven or eight months, I think it’s as long as 10 years." What happened after that, she had no impression at all. "All I know is that I was taken to the police station and they said I was sitting in the store."

　　The first thing to regain consciousness is to call home. "When I came out, my father was very ill. I know I can’t get well without money." It turned out to be a bad news.

　　"Dad is gone. My sister and mother at home also ignored me. They thought I made a lot of money here and didn’t send it home, not even a phone call. But what happened to me here, how can I tell them? How can you say it? " Having said that, Ling Zhou couldn’t help crying. "I want to go back to China, but I can’t go back."

　　Later, Ling Zhou got help from a Dutch organization for exploited workers. According to Dutch law, victims like Ling Zhou can get a temporary residence permit if they decide to report the case. So, Ling Zhou used this "B9" rule to stay.

　　"The Netherlands is not a paradise for stowaways." Ling Zhou said. (Ling Zhou is a pseudonym in the text) (Yan Shanjun, Liu Hao)