Schengen border-free travel zone expands

Croatia has been accepted into the EU Schengen free travel zone, but Bulgaria and Romania were rejected after opposition from Netherlands and Austria, who accused them of being soft on illegal migration


DATE JOINED
1985 
1990-92 
1995-96 
2001 
2007-08 
2022

Non-Schengen EU member

ICELAND
DENMARK
IRELAND
NETHERLANDS 
BELGIUM
GERMANY
LUX. 
FRANCE
LIECHTENSTEIN 
SWITZ.
SPAIN
PORTUGAL
SLOVENIA
ITALY
MALTA
NORWAY
FINLAND
SWEDEN
ESTONIA
LATVIA 
LITHUANIA
POLAND 
CZECH REP 
SLOVAKIA 
HUNGARY
AUSTRIA
CROATIA
ROMANIA Rejected
BULGARIA Rejected
GREECE
CYPRUS

Non-EU countries: Iceland, Norway, Switzerland, Liechtenstein


Sources: Reuters, Schengen Visa
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