Emva kweminyaka eyi-13 yokulinda, Bhulgariya kwaye I-Romania ingene ngokusemthethweni kwindawo enkulu ye-Schengen yokuhamba ngokukhululekileyo ezinzulwini zobusuku nge-31 kaMatshi.
Ukususela ngaloo mini, ulawulo emoyeni wabo wangaphakathi kunye nemida yolwandle iya kuphakanyiswa, nangona bengayi kukwazi ukuvula imida yabo yomhlaba. Ezindleleni, ulawulo luya kuhlala lukhona okwangoku, kakhulu ukudana kwabaqhubi beelori, ngenxa ye-veto eyenziwe yi-Austria ekhuthazwa luloyiko lokungena kwabantu abafuna indawo yokukhosela.
Ngaphandle kolu ngenelelo, olulinganiselweyo kwizikhululo zeenqwelomoya nakwizikhululo zolwandle, eli nyathelo linexabiso elinamandla lokomfuziselo. "Le yimpumelelo enkulu kumazwe omabini", wachaza uMongameli weKhomishini yaseYurophu, u-Ursula von der Leyen, ebhekisela kwixesha "lembali" lendawo yaseSchengen.
Ngokungena kabini kweBulgaria kunye neRomania, indawo eyakhiwe kwi-1985 ngoku inamalungu angama-29: i-25 ye-27 aseYurophu Amazwe oManyano (ngaphandle kweCyprus neIreland), kunye neSwitzerland, iLiechtenstein, iNorway neIceland.
"Ukukhanga kweRomania kuye kwaqiniswa kwaye, kwixesha elide, oku kuya kukhuthaza ukwanda kwezokhenketho", wavuya uMphathiswa wezoBulungisa waseRomania, u-Alina Gorghiu, eqinisekile ukuba lo mgangatho uya kutsala abatyali-mali kwaye uzuze ukuchuma kwelizwe.
Ukulandela eli nqanaba lokuqala, esinye isigqibo kufuneka sithathwe ngu KwiBhunga ukumisela umhla wokuphakanyiswa kolawulo kwimida yangaphakathi yomhlaba.