It's an impasse: Ecuador Thursday granted asylum to Julian Assange, but Britain says it still intends to arrest the WikiLeaks chief the moment he steps out of the Ecuadorian Embassy in London and extradite him to Sweden for questioning about alleged sexual assaults. Is there any way out for Assange? Any way he could elude British officials and make it to Ecuador? strongDiplomatic Immunity:/strong Some supporters want Assange to be granted Ecuadorean citizenship and made a member of the embassy staff, so that he would be protected by diplomatic immunity. But diplomatic status must be recognized by the host government, something the British government is exceedingly unlikely to do. Legal expert Carl Gardner has raised another long-shot possibility - Ecuador could name Assange its representative to the United Nations. That would make him immune from arrest while traveling to UN meetings around the world. Assange could be stripped of his role as representative by the UN General Assembly, but in the meantime would be protected. [caption id=attachment_420687 align=alignleft width=380