Premiership of Keir Starmer

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer attends a welcome ceremony with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, right, on the occasion of his visit, at Villa Doria Pamphilj, in Rome, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024

The U.K. government on Wednesday announced new measures to curb the arrival of migrants on boats from France and to step up the removal of failed asylum seekers.

It said 100 new "specialist intelligence and investigation officers" would be recruited to the National Crime Agency (NCA) to help dismantle smuggling gangs that run the dangerous Channel crossings.