SOFIA, March 31 — Diana Simeonova with Antrada Lautaru Bulgaria and Romania joined Europe’s vast Schengen area of free movement today, opening up travel by air and sea without...
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Despite the partial membership, the lifting of controls at the two countries’ air and sea borders is of significant symbolic value. “Any Romanian who had to walk down a lane separate from other European citizens felt being treated differently,” he told AFP.“This is a great success for both countries, and a historic moment for the Schengen area—the largest area of free movement in the world,” EU chief Ursula von der Leyen said in a statement Saturday.With Bulgaria and Romania, the Schengen zone now comprises 29 members -- 25 of the 27 European Union member states as well as Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein.
Random checks will also be carried out to catch people with false documents and to combat human trafficking. One of Romania’s main road transport unions the UNTRR has called for “urgent measures” to get full Schengen integration, deploring the huge financial losses caused by the long waits.
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