Why are people so cruel? Refugees

[Mister Agenda]

For the most part, it's better as those countries are more compatible with their way of life as Paulpablo mentioned earlier in the thread.

But let me ask you this, why isn't your country doing much about it? We're a tiny Island nation and have taken 15,000 so far. The US has only taken roughly 4,000.

Being a person that is only the second of my generation into this country, I'm all for taking in those who need help. But it's a really sad day when one's own country won't even help its homeless population or its military vets. Does anyone really think we're going to extend our hand out to refugees in the same capacity as other countries have?

On another note: Let me ask this - has Japan or China or South Korea taken in any of these refugees? Australia? New Zealand? If the answer is no or they have taken in roughly the same numbers as the US, why isn't anyone saying anything about those countries?

On average, we take about 70,000 refugees a year. Many of them are Muslims. But this year we've decided to be alarmed about that.

I'm not Japanese or Chinese or South Korean or Australian; so I tend to focus on what my own country (the USA) is doing. I've lived in Japan, and I wouldn't expect them to suddenly start opening their arms to refugees at this particular point.