More than 70 boat migrants awarded £500k in compensation after phones were seized in decision blasted as ‘farcical’

MORE than 70 boat migrants who had mobiles seized when reaching the UK have won payouts totalling £500,000. High Court judges ruled nabbing the phones and data was illegal and in breach of European human rights laws. It is feared 1,300 migrants may apply for compensation and the sum could run to millions. So far...