Ton Van Anh

President Bronisław Komorowski has granted Polish citizenship to Vietnamese human rights campaigner Ton Van Anh.

The  activist had faced deportation back to Vietnam. Appeals to let her remain in Poland had been mounted by former Polish Solidarity members, including  Adam Michnik, Władysław Bartoszewski, Jerzy Hausner and Andrzej Seweryn.  

In their petition to the Polish President they argued that the Vietnamese woman could be sent to an interment camp in her home country.

Ton Van Anh, who since 2006 is involved with the La Strada organisation against white slavery,  is a graduate of Warsaw University and has spent the last 18 years in Poland. Since her stay was legal, she was subject for naturalization. (ek)