The 18 December was chosen to celebrate International Migrants Day and the contributions that migrants make to the societies and countries that host them. On this occasion, various persons and organisations took action and issued statements calling for respect for the rights of migrants.

Elk jaar wordt op 18 december de Internationale Dag van de Migrant gevierd. Deze dag werd op 4 december 2000 door de Algemene Vergadering van de Verenigde Naties aangeduid als reactie op de toenemende migratie over de hele wereld en is bedoeld om de aandacht te vestigen op de mensenrechten van migranten en hun bijdrage aan onze samenlevingen te benadrukken.

On the occasion of the international migrants day, this conference will inter alia focus on how to integrate and support refugees and on which role Flemish authorities can play in the current crisis.

18 December is the International Migrants Day. On 18 December 2014, the Federal Migration Center organized pedagogical and interactive activities while several labour unions and civil society organizations called for more rights for labour migrants