Bosnian truckers and road-transport workers block the North-Eastern border crossing with neighboring Croatia to protest against visa rules limiting their time in the EU bloc, near the village of Svilaj on March 23, 2026. Since October, the EU has been rolling out its long-delayed Entry/Exit System (EES), which Balkan drivers call "discriminatory" because it subjects them to the same 90-days-in-180 rule as tourists. The rollout - due to come fully into force on April 10 - has led to stricter checks, with many drivers now being turned back at the border with Croatia, which joined the EU in 2013. (Photo by ELVIS BARUKCIC / AFP via Getty Images)