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Trucks wait in line at the Bulgarian-Greek border checkpoint of Kulata in Bulgaria, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024, after European Union ministers agreed to let Bulgaria and Romania fully integrate into Europe's ID-check free travel zone, known as the Schengen area, by lifting land border controls from next year. ( AP Photo/Valentina Petrova)

Trucks wait in line at the Bulgarian-Greek border checkpoint of Kulata in Bulgaria, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024, after European Union ministers agreed to let Bulgaria and Romania fully integrate into Europe's ID-check free travel zone, known as the Schengen area, by lifting land border controls from next year. ( AP Photo/Valentina Petrova)

Truck driver stands next to vehicles waiting in line at the Bulgarian-Greek border checkpoint of Kulata in Bulgaria, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024, after European Union ministers agreed to let Bulgaria and Romania fully integrate into Europe's ID-check free travel zone, known as the Schengen area, by lifting land border controls from next year. ( AP Photo/Valentina Petrova)

Truck driver stands next to vehicles waiting in line at the Bulgarian-Greek border checkpoint of Kulata in Bulgaria, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024, after European Union ministers agreed to let Bulgaria and Romania fully integrate into Europe's ID-check free travel zone, known as the Schengen area, by lifting land border controls from next year. ( AP Photo/Valentina Petrova)

Bulgaria's Interior Minister Atanas Ilkov, left, speaks with European Commissioner for Internal Affairs and Migration Magnus Brunner during a round table meeting of EU justice and interior ministers at the European Council building in Brussels, Thursday, Dec 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Omar Havana)

Bulgaria's Interior Minister Atanas Ilkov, left, speaks with European Commissioner for Internal Affairs and Migration Magnus Brunner during a round table meeting of EU justice and interior ministers at the European Council building in Brussels, Thursday, Dec 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Omar Havana)

Romanian Minister of Home Affairs Catalin Predoiu, left, speaks with Luxembourg's Interior Minister Leon Gloden during a round table meeting of EU justice and interior ministers at the European Council building in Brussels, Thursday, Dec 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Omar Havana)

Romanian Minister of Home Affairs Catalin Predoiu, left, speaks with Luxembourg's Interior Minister Leon Gloden during a round table meeting of EU justice and interior ministers at the European Council building in Brussels, Thursday, Dec 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Omar Havana)

Trucks wait in line at the Bulgarian-Greek border checkpoint Kulata in Bulgaria, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Valentina Petrova)

Trucks wait in line at the Bulgarian-Greek border checkpoint Kulata in Bulgaria, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Valentina Petrova)

Trucks queue next to a sign reading ''Republic of Bulgaria'', at Bulgarian-Greece border checkpoint Kulata, Bulgaria, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Valentina Petrova)

Trucks queue next to a sign reading ''Republic of Bulgaria'', at Bulgarian-Greece border checkpoint Kulata, Bulgaria, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Valentina Petrova)

Border police officers and Bulgarian Customs' employees carry out checks at the Bulgarian-Greek border checkpoint of Kulata in Bulgaria, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024, after European Union ministers agreed to let Bulgaria and Romania fully integrate into Europe's ID-check free travel zone, known as the Schengen area, by lifting land border controls from next year. ( AP Photo/Valentina Petrova)

Border police officers and Bulgarian Customs' employees carry out checks at the Bulgarian-Greek border checkpoint of Kulata in Bulgaria, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024, after European Union ministers agreed to let Bulgaria and Romania fully integrate into Europe's ID-check free travel zone, known as the Schengen area, by lifting land border controls from next year. ( AP Photo/Valentina Petrova)

Hungary's Interior Minister Sandor Pinter speaks with the media during arrivals for a meeting of EU justice and interior ministers at the European Council building in Brussels, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Omar Havana)

Hungary's Interior Minister Sandor Pinter speaks with the media during arrivals for a meeting of EU justice and interior ministers at the European Council building in Brussels, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Omar Havana)