To some extent they did help. For example, between 1933 and 1941 the US admitted about 250,000 refugees from Germany and Austria, and Britain admitted 71,000 between 1933 and 1939. (These figures include refugees who were not Jewish, but were fleeing for purely political reasons).
Factors influencing both governments included unemployment.
Obviously, given the scale of the problem, these numbers were small.
Jewish refugees were given a homeland in Palestine.
Possibly because no country would take the refugees.
There is no difference in New Zealand between Jewish refugees getting citizenship and other refugees. The only place where Jewish refugees are treated differently (in a positive way) is Israel. Jewish refugees are openly shunned from all Muslim-majority countries.
Countries around the world worked together to help Jewish refugees who were left without homes following World War II. Specifically, many countries opened their borders to refugees, including Australia and, briefly, the United States.
Some nations opened their borders for Jewish refugees to come in and start a new life. Also, member nations of the UN facilitated the establishment of Israel as the nation state of the Jews.
we took over 900 refugees
The United States turned away Jewish children refugees during WWII in 1939.
Wolli Kaelter has written: 'From Danzig' -- subject(s): Biography, Jewish Refugees, Jews, Rabbis, Refugees, Jewish
Swami Shivanando has written: 'Ape tantra' -- subject(s): Biography, Hungarians, Jewish Refugees, Refugees, Jewish
Jewish physicist who was among the 100,000 Jewish refugees accepted by the US; the US primarily accepted refugees of exceptional ability like him
because there are Jewish
Ernst Meisels has written: 'Emigrant aus Leopoldstadt' -- subject(s): Biography, Jewish Refugees, Jews, Refugees, Jewish