<P> In cases of dispute, it is common for a country to recall its head of mission as a sign of its displeasure . This is less drastic than cutting diplomatic relations completely, and the mission will still continue operating more or less normally, but it will now be headed by a chargé d'affaires (usually the deputy chief of mission) who may have limited powers . A chargé d'affaires ad interim also heads the mission during the interim between the end of one chief of mission's term and the beginning of another . </P> <P> Contrary to popular belief, most diplomatic missions do not enjoy full extraterritorial status and in those cases are not sovereign territory of the represented state . Rather, the premises of diplomatic missions usually remain under the jurisdiction of the host state while being afforded special privileges (such as immunity from most local laws) by the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations . Diplomats themselves still retain full diplomatic immunity, and (as an adherent to the Vienna Convention) the host country may not enter the premises of the mission without permission of the represented country, even to put out a fire . International rules designate an attack on an embassy as an attack on the country it represents . The term "extraterritoriality" is often applied to diplomatic missions, but normally only in this broader sense . </P> <P> As the host country may not enter the representing country's embassy without permission, embassies are sometimes used by refugees escaping from either the host country or a third country . For example, North Korean nationals, who would be arrested and deported from China upon discovery, have sought sanctuary at various third - country embassies in China . Once inside the embassy, diplomatic channels can be used to solve the issue and send the refugees to another country . See the List of people who took refuge in a diplomatic mission for a list of some notable cases . </P> <P> Notable violations of embassy extraterritoriality include repeated invasions of the British Embassy, Beijing (1967), the Iran hostage crisis (1979--1981), and the Japanese embassy hostage crisis at the ambassador's residence in Lima, Peru (1996). </P>

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