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      "find official application information",
      "understand dual citizenship rules",
      "find help for stateless people"
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      "Nationality fields on documents",
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      "special categories such as overseas territories citizenship"
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        "relation": "is a kind of",
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      "National nationality law",
      "UN conventions on statelessness",
      "Universal Declaration of Human Rights article 15"
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      "Agents giving personal immigration advice",
      "Scams offering fast-track citizenship",
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        "Decide or imply a person's citizenship from their name, appearance or language.",
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        "Give legal advice on a specific immigration or nationality case."
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        "Reporting a person's status to immigration authorities."
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        "Citizenship decides access to rights, protection and belonging; statelessness is a grave harm.",
        "Status checks can lead to discrimination against minorities and migrants."
      ],
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        "Applicants and migrants",
        "Stateless people",
        "Citizens with dual or contested status"
      ]
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      "id": "wikipedia-en",
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                    "text": "Which routes to citizenship exist in this country, according to official sources?",
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                  {
                    "text": "What are the general requirements?",
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          {
            "id": "apply",
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                    "text": "Is the user seeking advice on their own case?",
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                    "text": "Which rights come with this citizenship, such as voting or consular protection?",
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                    "text": "Which duties apply?",
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              }
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              {
                "id": "dual-finding",
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                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Does this country allow dual citizenship?",
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                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Could acquiring another citizenship cause loss of this one?",
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                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
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        "id": "stateless",
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              {
                "id": "help-finding",
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                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Which organisations help stateless people?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Is there a statelessness determination procedure here?",
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                  }
                ]
              }
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            "id": "risk",
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              {
                "id": "risk-finding",
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                    "text": "Could a child or adult be at risk of statelessness?",
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                  {
                    "text": "Where can they get legal help?",
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                  }
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              }
            ]
          }
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                "id": "scams-finding",
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                "description": "Scams.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Is an agency promising guaranteed or fast-track citizenship for a fee?",
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                  },
                  {
                    "text": "How can official channels be identified?",
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                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "neutral",
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            "description": "Contested cases.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "neutral-finding",
                "name": "Neutral",
                "description": "Contested cases.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Is citizenship tied to a disputed territory here?",
                    "kind": "boundary"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "How should different positions be attributed?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
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    "Should each country citizenship be a separate entry?",
    "How should official portals be linked?",
    "How should special categories be modelled?"
  ],
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    "layers": 8,
    "findings": 8,
    "questions": 16
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}