Overview

• Reversing earlier suggestions that some women might be exempt, he now says all adult arrivals will be detained and removed.
• He said children would be treated under a "duty of care," leaving their status undecided.
• He clarified that his two‑week target would begin only once new migration legislation is enacted, citing Tony Abbott’s Australia as the model.
• He set out plans to withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights, close asylum hotels and move people to RAF bases ahead of deportation.
• He confirmed he would deport Afghan women seeking asylum, with The Sun reporting Taliban officials claimed they were open to a returns deal.