CONTENTS: Preface, Responding to Refugees and Migrants: Twenty Action Points Holy Father Francis to the UN. 2017, 1. Introduction, 2. State of the Distressed Migrants, 3. Migration and Migrants in the Bible, 4. Migration in Christian Theologising, 5. Socio-Economic and Political Factors and Implications of Distressed Migration, 6. The Catholic Church’s Social Teaching on Migrants, 7. Responses of National and International Agencies, 8. Christian Responses to Distressed Migration, 9. Recommendations and Conclusions, References.