Ecuador has been at the centre of another asylum case since WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange sought refuge in its London embassy in June.
BBC: Ecuador journalist Emilio Palacio granted asylum in the US
The UK Border Agency has pledged a deadline of this summer to conclude the asylum case of a man in Coventry which has been going on for 11 years.
The figures show that as of 30 September, some 1, 455 asylum seekers judged to have no case were awaiting deportation in detention centres.
The full details of Mr Lamhoud's case are for the Greek asylum system to deal with, not me.
But the government says claims for asylum will be considered on merit on a case-by-case basis.
Jonathan Edwards, MP for Carmarthen East and Dinefwr, has backed the teenager's bid to stay in the UK, describing it as a "clear moral case to support Ahmer's application for asylum".
At the end of February German immigration authorities heard Mr Shepherd's case, and are currently examining his eligibility for asylum.
Earlier this month, a Canadian court ordered the country's refugee board to re-examine the case of another deserter, Joshua Key, whose application for asylum in Canada had been rejected.
Spokeswoman Victoria Nuland refused to give any details of the case, nor would she comment on whether the pair had been granted political asylum.
Test case appeals over the refusals, which were due to be heard by the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (AIT) on 21 July, will be delayed pending the outcome.
Each of these vulnerable children would benefit from having a volunteer lawyer present their case so our immigration court judges can assess whether they need refugee status, asylum, or if they can be safely returned home.
This week it heard oral arguments in another controversial case involving Juan Anibal Aguirre-Aguirre, a Guatemalan student leader who has requested asylum because he fears assassination by military death squads if he is made to return home.
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