A blanket policy of seizing the phones of migrants who cross the Channel is ruled unlawful.
The home secretary has admitted mobile phones were taken illegally from migrants as they arrived in Dover after crossing the Channel on small boats.
"Her initial stance was that there was no policy of the kind which is now admitted," the judges said. Following a hearing in January, two judges ruled on Friday their legal challenges had succeeded after "very significant concessions" were made by Ms Patel.
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