On Thursday 8 December, the home affairs ministers of the EU Member States gave the green light to the enlargement of the Schengen area to include Croatia, but dampened the hopes of Bulgaria and Romania, which will have to wait.
Croatia, whose application for accession to the Schengen area was finalised in 2021, will therefore join the area from 1 January with a ‘full’ opening of its land and sea borders. Checks at internal air border will be abolished from 26 March 2023.
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