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Bulgarians react as their country partly joins Schengen zone / 34N39QU
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Bulgarians welcome the decision to join the European Union's vast Schengen area of free movement on Sunday, opening up travel by air and sea without border checks after a 13-year wait. A veto by Austria however means this new status will not apply to land routes, after Vienna expressed concerns over an influx of asylum seekers. Despite the partial membership, the lifting of controls at the two countries' air and sea borders is of significant symbolic value. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES