As European countries come England is the hardest to get in and out of and it's not like Julian Assange is not going to be recognized on sight by half a million people at least by now.
The boats all leave from ports where there are customs inspections, crew and captains who would all not be too happy giving shelter to a fugitive, international airports need a pass by immigration and the chunnel does too.
Lots of illegals make it in and out of Britain but they don't start off as high profile fugitives.
I think you're giving him too much credit. The best he could probably do is go to ground inside England but even that is not that simple.
No, I think you're overestimating the difficulty of leaving a country illegally, even England. Assange isn't a poor "illegal", he's a guy with money and ideological supporters.
The boats all leave from ports where there are customs inspections, crew and captains who would all not be too happy giving shelter to a fugitive, international airports need a pass by immigration and the chunnel does too.
Lots of illegals make it in and out of Britain but they don't start off as high profile fugitives.
I think you're giving him too much credit. The best he could probably do is go to ground inside England but even that is not that simple.