{
  "id": 12102305,
  "title": "Canadians born abroad caught up in yearslong citizenship certificate processing delays",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/canadians-born-abroad-caught-up-in-yearslong-citizenship-certificate",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-05T08:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CBC News",
    "slug": "cbc-news",
    "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canadian-citizenship-lost-canadians-c3-backlog-9.7366981"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada is struggling to handle a flood of citizenship applications — many of them from a change to federal law late last year that allows anyone who can prove they have a Canadian ancestor to apply. That backlog is preventing some Canadians born abroad from coming home.",
  "key_points": [],
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      {
        "outlet": "CBC Canada",
        "title": "Canadians born abroad caught up in yearslong citizenship certificate processing delays",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/canadians-born-abroad-caught-up-in-yearslong-citizenship-certificate",
        "published": "2026-10-05T08:00:00.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}