A Study of Statelessness in South Sudan - 2017 Questions Answers What role does your family play in your application for nationality? How do your community leaders or local chiefs help people of your community during application for nationality certificates? do you feel voices of your community leaders are heard especially during nationality application? In your opinion, what do you think about the fees for nationality certificates? Are there some people who cannot afford to pay for nationality certificate? What should be done to help those who cannot afford? SECTION 2: Characteristics of Statelessness SPECIFY INDICATORS ADDRESSED, AS PER ToR OR OTHER RELEVANT PROJECT DOCUMENTS: - Level of awareness of nationality application procedure - Adversities encountered by various ethnic groups - Demographic information of groups at risk of statelessness - Impact relating to lack of nationality - Importance of nationality documentation - Past interventions on birth registration promotion Questions Answers How would you describe your relationship with other South Sudanese communities living in this area? Do some people from other South Sudanese communities ever refer to you as foreigners? If yes, what do you normally do when this happens? Are there some groups of people who find it difficult to obtain nationality certificate? Which groups? [Probe: Women, men, youth, children, refugees, IDPs etc.] Do you feel you are able to pass on nationality to your children? If not, why? Is there any office or hospital in this community that issue a birth certificate or an assessment of age certificate? What is the importance of acquiring a birth certificate or assessment of age? Would you say some ethnic groups encounter difficulties in obtaining nationality certificates? If yes, which ethnic groups? What could be the reason? What can be done to help those ethnic groups have access to nationality certificates? By whom? What does it mean to be a South Sudanese? When you are asked to prove your link to South Sudan, how would you prove to people that you are a South Sudanese? What are the benefits of having a nationality certificate? Does lack of nationality documentation affect the way people make money? What is the impact of not having a nationality certificate in South Sudan? Does it have impact of different categories of people i.e. men, women? SECTION 3: Existing support to stateless or persons at risk of statelessness SPECIFY INDICATORS ADDRESSED, AS PER ToR OR OTHER RELEVANT PROJECT DOCUMENTS: - Awareness raising and Information sharing platforms - Mechanisms for identification and referral of persons at risk of statelessness and stateless persons - Support for issuance of nationality documentation to vulnerable individuals or groups 62