The Children's Legal Centre says lifting the ban will leave children in such families vulnerable to common problems faced by other failed asylum seekers, such as being separated from their families.
Kamena Dorling, coordinator of the Migrant Children’s Project at the Children’s Legal Centre, said: "Any enforced removal of a family found not to be in need of international protection should be undertaken in a way that upholds the dignity of the family in question, and ensures that the welfare of children is properly safeguarded."
She added that many families from Zimbabwe had lived in the UK for a number of years, with many children settled in schools.
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