Explore histories of migration, citizenship and belonging in Germany and the U.S. over the centuries.
In the year 2007, Bulgaria and Romania join the European Union as member states. The German government decides, however, to restrict the rights of workers from both countries in Germany (as it did before with the new member states that joined the European Union in 2004). The last restrictions on the freedom of movement for workers from Bulgaria and Rumania were lifted in Germany on January 1, 2014.