{"id":6286,"date":"2024-03-31T14:00:31","date_gmt":"2024-03-31T11:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/?p=6286"},"modified":"2024-03-31T14:00:31","modified_gmt":"2024-03-31T11:00:31","slug":"passport-checks-for-air-travellers-lifted-as-bulgaria-and-romania-join-eu-s-schengen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/?p=6286","title":{"rendered":"Passport checks for air travellers lifted as Bulgaria and Romania join EU, \u2019s Schengen"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/passport-checks-for-air-travellers-lifted-as-bulgaria-and-romania-join-eu-s-schengen.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>Airports in Sofia and Bucharest on Sunday <strong>removed passport check points for those departing to or arriving from most European Union member states<\/strong> as Bulgaria and Romania partially joined the Schengen open-travel zone.<\/p>\n<div class=\"cypru-video-ads\" id=\"cypru-1004637054\">\n<div id=\"cypru-1907367874\" data-cypru-trackid=\"478051\" data-cypru-trackbid=\"1\" class=\"cypru-target\">\n<div id=\"gpt-ad-6970524982655-0\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The two countries reached an agreement late last year to join Europe\u2019s free-travel area by air and sea after Austria opposed full membership, including land crossings, saying Romania and Bulgaria needed to do more to prevent illegal immigration.<br \/>\n\u201cOf course this is a very beautiful achievement for Bulgaria which makes things easier for us, as Bulgarians,\u201d said Mincho Yurukov, who arrived to Sofia airport from Berlin.<br \/>\n\u201c<strong>Also, we feel like Europeans, that is a very important thing<\/strong>, the flight is much nicer, no checks.\u201d<br \/>\nThe Interior minister in the outgoing government, Kalin Stoyanov, told journalists on Sunday that Bulgaria should become a full member of the Schengen zone by the end of this year, meaning border check points will be removed for people and goods travelling by road and by rail.<br \/>\nThe Romanian prime minister has also said the country expects to finish negotiations on land borders this year.<br \/>\n\u201cI welcome the lifting of internal air and sea border checks. This is a great success for both countries,\u201d European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in a statement.<br \/>\n\u201c<strong>Together, we are building a stronger, more united Europe for all our citizens<\/strong>,\u201d she said.<br \/>\nBulgaria and Romania have joined a regional police initiative with Austria, Greece and Slovakia to counter the flow of migrants.<br \/>\nThe European Union\u2019s border agency Frontex said last month it would triple the number of its officers in Bulgaria to help stem the amount of people crossing into the bloc from Turkey<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fact: Airports in Sofia and Bucharest have removed passport check points for those departing to or arriving from most European Union member states as Bulgaria and Romania partially joined the Schengen open-travel 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