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The experiences gained from the Nordic labour market are presented in the light of European labour market integration. Major flows of migrants across country borders are only obtained when real income differences are large and job vacancies available in the high-income country. Nordic real income equalization and, more recently, lack of job openings in the Swedish labour market, have caused mobility between the Nordic countries to fall quite drastically. To the extent that income differentials between southern European countries and other EU members fall, one should also expect European migration rates to fall.