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Q&A: Julian Assange and asylum
... Though many Latin American countries offer diplomatic asylum, it is not recognised by the UK.
Anthony Aust, who served in the British Diplomatic Service for 35 years, told the BBC: "I don't think we accept any diplomatic asylum" ...
"He <Mr Assange> can stay in the embassy and we can't enter it without the permission of the ambassador. Cardinal Mindszenty... was over 15 years in the US embassy in Hungary," Mr Aust told the BBC ...
Mr Aust said there was no physical way to get Mr Assange from the embassy to Ecuador itself without the risk of him being arrested by UK police.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18521881
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