fronzelneekburm: The Germans tried to help. Didn't do them any good.
Them?
The Germans or The refugees?
Most times a person, group or nation doesn't step in to help the suffering and oppressed because it helps themselves, they do it because it helps the other party. They do it because of basic human compassion, often at their own expense.
It could be argued that recent regime changed where done in the self interests of the parties involved, and the subsequent events stem from this.
Europe is not burning. But the world has shrunk, beyond comprehension, in the last 20 years. There are fires that burn a thousand miles away, but the world is so small now that the embers can leave smouldering holes anywhere.