The Nation - News from Dec. 13, 1985
Leszek Kapsa, the Polish ship’s cook who jumped ship at Cleveland nearly two weeks ago was granted political asylum by the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service. Kapsa, 27, a cook aboard the Ziemia Lubelska, left the cargo ship Dec. 1 and applied for political asylum three days later accompanied by Sen. Howard M. Metzenbaum (D-Ohio). INS officials said Kapsa feared he would be persecuted if he returned to Poland.
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