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Romania is stepping up immigration controls along its borders to boost its bid to join Europe's Schengen visa-free zone. Stopping the flow of illegal immigrants is seen as key for allowing the two countries to join. Last month, France and Germany said that it was "premature" to let Bulgaria and Romania enter the passport-free travel area in March 2011; and it only takes one member country of the Schengen block to vote against them and scupper their plans.
The European Commissioner for Home Affairs, Ylva Johansson, congratulates Croatia on joining Europe's border check-free Schengen area but expresses disappointment after accession bids by Bulgaria and Romania were blocked in an EU ministers' meeting."You deserve to be full members of Schengen, you deserve to have access to the free movement in the Schengen area," she says. SOUNDBITE
Austria argues a new influx of asylum-seekers through the Western Balkan route is reason enough to postpone Schengen enlargement.
It's the end of a long road. Croatia will join the European Union on July 1st, becoming the bloc's 28th member state. Famous for its stunning Adriatic coastline, Croatia has come a long way since the end of the devastating war in the mid-1990s. So what's the mood in the country on the eve of accession? Is Croatia ready to join the club?
The on-and-off controversy over tariff-free imports of Ukraine grain coming into the European Union is back on the agenda.
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