PRACTICAL GUIDE ON NATIONALITY Figure 3 is a flowchart to assist in determining whether a situation of deprivation of nationality could (or not) amount to persecution or serious harm, depending on the circumstances. Keep in mind that the assessment of whether the deprivation and its consequences amount to (past) persecution or serious harm and whether it may create a future risk of persecution or serious harm is always conducted on a case-by-case basis, taking into account all relevant COI and elements of the individual application. 71