Bulgaria and Romania to integrate into Schengen area

Courtesy of ICRT

The European Union has agreed to let Bulgaria and Romania fully integrate into Europe’s ID-check free travel zone known as the Schengen area by lifting land border controls next year.

Bulgaria and Romania joined the Schengen area in March after years of negotiations, providing free access for travellers arriving in both countries by air or sea. But land border checks remained in place over concerns that the two countries were not doing enough to prevent migrants from entering without authorization.