The quality of policing in South Africa came under the spotlight at a CPLO roundtable discussion on September 12. The roundtable, which was sponsored by the Hanns Seidel Foundation, looked at the state of crime in SA, the steps being taken by the SAPS to improve crime prevention, and the many challenges the police face […]

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On Wednesday the 3rd of September the Catholic Parliamentary Liaison Office, in collaboration with the Scalabrini Institute for Human Mobility in Africa, held a Round Table on a regional approach to asylum. The first speaker was Luca Marin, of the Centre for the Study of International Migration in Paris. The second speaker was Christopher Nshimbi […]

This RT was a collaboration with the Western Cape Department of Social Development and NICRO “The youth of today are confronted with many challenges including peer pressure, the risk of participation in gangs, crime and violence, substance abuse, unsafe sex, physical and sexual abuse, teenage pregnancy, poor educational outcomes, lack of employment opportunities and the […]

On the 1 of July 2014 the Catholic Parliamentary Liaison Office co-hosted a Round Table with the Scalabrini Centre on unaccompanied and separated foreign children in South Africa. These children often face serious difficulties and are vulnerable to exploitation as a result of not being in possession of adequate documentation, such as ID books or […]

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