Julian Assange will remain under the protection of the Ecuadorian Embassy in London despite efforts by the British police to lure him out via an official summon sent to the beleaguered WikiLeaks founder.

In an interview with BBC on Friday, Mr Assange said he has decided to ignore the note sent by Scotland Yard's extradition unit on Thursday, coming a week after he sought protection of Quito authorities as he came close to being extradited by Britain to Sweden.

"Our advice is that asylum law both internationally and domestically in the UK takes precedence to extradition law, so the answer is almost certainly not," Mr Assange told BBC today during a telephone interview.

According to UK-based Press Association (PA), British police had demanded on the note that Mr Assange should leave the premises of the Ecuadorian embassy by 11:30 AM on Friday (UK time) and present himself to authorities.

A spokesman for Scotland Yard confirmed that Mr Assange has been advised to "to attend a police station at date and time of our choosing."

"He remains in breach of his bail conditions. Failing to surrender would be a further breach of conditions and he is liable to arrest," the British police official was quoted as saying by Agence France Presse (AFP).

It is understood that ongoing police actions directed against the Aussie national were integral with the "standard practice in extradition cases and is the first step in the removal process."

But Scotland Yard admitted that Mr Assange is out of their reach while he remains inside the Ecuadorian embassy.

Following the final ruling handed down by the British High Court earlier this month, the high-profile whistleblower has exhausted all efforts to prevent his extradition to Sweden, where authorities want to question him on allegations of sexual assaults against two women, reportedly former WikiLeaks volunteers.

Mr Assange has vehemently denied the accusations, insisting that charges being pursued against him all amounted into efforts by the United States to secure custody of him.

He earned the wrath of Washington last year when his site published leaked diplomatic documents of key U.S. embassies from around the world, detailing America's policies while waging war in Afghanistan and Iraq.

WikiLeaks also made public filings by U.S. ambassadors from a number of countries, baring straight-forward assessments of diplomats on their respective host nations, which embarrassed the U.S. State Department.

Mr Assange claimed that he was the subject of a spirited U.S. prosecution campaign, stemming from his site's activities, which he added would end with him facing charges of espionage and sedition before a U.S. court.

The Australian said that faces the likelihood of death penalty, which was his main reason for running to the Ecuadorian embassy and seeking its protection.

He added that Canberra, judging from the pronouncements of Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Foreign Minister Bob Carr, does not intend to extend to him protection duly accorded to an Australian citizen.

The Australian Associated Press (AAP) reported that Mr Assange and his legal team have been working on the documents that hopefully will convince Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa to grant him political asylum.

"(The documents) will go to Ecuador because the Ecuadorian government needs that to inform itself and reassure itself that political asylum is justified," AAP reported journalist John Pilger as saying.

Mr Pilger is reportedly a good friend of Mr Assange and has visited him a number of times since he entered the Ecuadorian mission in London, AAP said.

A statement issued by Quito indicated that Mr Correa is currently considering the political implications of the asylum application by Mr Assange, with the Ecuadorian President telling AFP that he would likely base his decision on how Sweden's judicial system would handle the allegations thrown at the Australian.