It’s not racism, it’s familiarity and pragmatism. The West has gone above and beyond for Syria, at least my country has. That said, the refugees streaming out

It’s not racism, it’s familiarity and pragmatism. The West has gone above and beyond for Syria, at least my country has. That said, the refugees streaming out of Ukraine are citizens of a western-ish democracy, are NOT young men of fighting age and could adapt to cultural/religious/civic life very quickly in Slavic countries and quite easily elsewhere in Europe. Compare that to all the services you need to integrate someone who doesn’t speak an Indo-European language at all, has a religion counter to the dominant culture, is from an autocracy, and is a bored 18-45 year old guy who is not aware of how to find/exploit opportunities available in your country, and who has worked under a completely foreign system of regulations and education, if they have an education at all. From first and second hand experience with Syrian and African refugees, many have no education because war/instability took the chance from them. Many cannot do the job they had before because either it doesn’t exist or they need licensing. Finally, some got by on nepotism before and are unsuited to the western corporate environment. These people are no more or less human than Ukrainians, but cost a lot more to put somewhere they can flourish, or even just survive.