Julian Assange will be arrested regardless of Ecuador asylum decision And even if he were made an Ecuadorian citizen or granted asylum, he would still be liable to be arrested on departure from the embassy. Speaking on the steps this morning, a policeman told reporters: "I am not aware of any agreements which would allow him safe passage out of the UK." Scotland Yard confirmed: "A successful asylum bid does not change the fact that he has breached his bail conditions." One legal expert, the former government lawyer Carl Gardner, suggested that Mr Assange could try becoming Ecuador's representative to the United Nations as a way to escape the country. He wrote on Twitter: "It's hard to think how Assange could leave the embassy, escape arrest and get on a plane. Except as Ecuador's new representative to the UN. If Ecuador & Assange tried my UN representative idea, I think it'd depend on his leaving the embassy to catch a flight to New York. He added to a follower: "I'm not saying I'm sure it'd work; it's just the only way I can think of." The Foreign Office declined to comment on the possible ways by which Mr Assange could evade arrest. The maverick journalist and former computer hacker is responsible for the leaking of thousands of sensitive US diplomatic cables and military files, and fears he will be extradited to America by Sweden. His bid for refuge at the Ecuadorian embassy surprised his high-profile supporters - including Jemima Khan, Ken Loach and Michael Moore - and they are likely to lose the total of £240,000 bail bond they put up for him when he was first arrested in 2010. The President of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, is expected to give instructions on the WikiLeaks founder's application later on Thursday. Overnight, the country's deputy foreign minister Marco Albuja told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation: "We still can't make a final decision public yet until tomorrow. The national government is considering its position and the president will give us his instructions tomorrow.