International Migrants Day - London

International Migrants Day - London

Join us for our International Migrants Day festival 18 December, 2025

'One City, Many Journeys – Honouring Migrants and Shaping a Shared Future'

As part of the Cultural Hangout Festival London 2025

Migrant Voice and Centre for Youths Integrated Development (CYID) welcome you to the event of the year – a migrant festival to celebrate our lives, journeys and resilience.

Migration continues to shape the social, economic, and cultural fabric of the United Kingdom. From public service to creative innovation, migrants make immense contributions. Yet, challenges like discrimination, exclusion, and integration barriers remain.

Our International Migrants Day 2025 embraces the theme “One City, Many Journeys – Honouring Migrants and Shaping a Shared Future” to affirm that migrants are not peripheral - they are central. They are workers, entrepreneurs, artists, caregivers, and community leaders, enriching the UK’s heritage and growth. This event is a space to challenge stereotypes, inspire empathy, and celebrate shared humanity.

International Migrants Day 2025 is more than an event - it’s a platform for unity, dialogue, and celebration. It’s an opportunity for migrants to be honoured, for communities to connect, and for shared futures to be shaped. We look forward to collaborating with stakeholders to make the festival a meaningful celebration of migration, culture, and community.

Everyone is welcome.

Date: 18 December, 2025

Time: 2-9pm

Venue: St John’s Hyde Park, Hyde Park Crescent, London W2 2QD

To sign up: click here

For more information contact: [email protected]

To inquire about having a stall, fill in this form

To suggest a performance contact  [email protected]

Core Features

Stalls and cultural exhibitions: hosted by migrant communities showcasing art, textiles, music, food, and traditions

Stage Performances: Live music, spoken word, dance, and cultural showcases by migrant and local artists.

Panel discussion: ‘Hope out of Hostility – shifting the narrative’ - interactive discussions with community leaders, creatives, and policymakers on recent migration policy and developments, youth empowerment, and integration

Interactive Workshops: including ‘Creating a fairer system - challenging extortionate visa fees and longer settlement routes’ and ‘Heritage Education as a Foundation for Tolerance and Mutual Respect.’

Rights and resilience circle: Free legal advice, migration help desks, and financial management support for migrants settling in the UK.

Migrant Recognition Moment: Celebrating individuals and organisations making a positive impact in London’s migrant communities.

After Party: Culture Meets Celebration, an evening of Afrobeat, Caribbean music, and cross-cultural networking to close the day with joy and unity.

Organisers: Migrant Voice and Centre for Youths Integrated Development (CYID)

About

Migrant Voice is a migrant-led national organisation building a community of migrant voices to speak for ourselves and call for justice for all. We put migrant voices at the centre of the migration debate by developing the skills and confidence of migrants, including asylum seekers and refugees across the UK.

We speak out in the media, on public platforms, in communities, on the streets or in cultural settings to create positive change in society: countering xenophobia, forging new ties, running campaigns, strengthening communities, influencing policy and bringing justice.

The Centre for Youths Integrated Development (CYID), founded in 2005 in Lagos and registered in both Nigeria and the United Kingdom, empowers young people and supports vulnerable communities through skills development, leadership, and entrepreneurship programs. CYID also plays a strategic role in migration advocacy and reintegration support, helping migrants and returnees rebuild their lives with dignity and opportunity.

International Migrants Day is observed annually on December 18 to recognize and honour the contributions of migrants around the world and to promote the protection of their rights. The day finds its roots in the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on December 18, 1990. This landmark convention highlighted the vulnerability of migrant workers and the need for international standards to protect their rights. In 2000, the United Nations officially proclaimed December 18 as International Migrants Day through Resolution A/RES/55/93, in recognition of the growing number of migrants globally and the need to promote respect, inclusion, and dignity across borders.

The Cultural Hangout Festival (CHF) is an international platform celebrating identity, honouring migrant contributions, and promoting unity across cultures. www.culturalhangoutfestival.co.uk