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Others will get bored and move on to the next crisis. Palestinians, Yemenis, Somalis and others have all been through the same cycle.
Except they're white and in Europe.
The countries you listed get largely ignore because they're "not us".
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Also we are at war with Islam.
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This is the most depressing part, that people care more just because of its proximity to their last stag-do.
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True. There's a lot of racism and xenophobia in Britain. The Brexit campaign revealed this nation for what it is. Plenty of people would rather save a donkey than someone with dark skin.
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That's a rather simplistic argument if you don't mind my saying so. For one thing you're overlooking the newness of the Ukraine refugee issue. The perceived needs of Ukrainians have shock value now, but that will fade. In a few months some people will say "I've already given to Ukrainians once, I can't keep doing it". Others will get bored and move on to the next crisis. Palestinians, Yemenis, Somalis and others have all been through the same cycle. A DEC appeal is started when a crisis is new, but as the DEC organisers would no doubt confirm, public support wanes over time.
The public also get crisis fatigue, because there are so many crises happening simultaneously, and the almost universal availability of electricity and camera phones and internet services and social media means that we get information about every crisis pushed at us all the time. It would be easy to make a list of 500 groups of people in desperate need, people whose lives we could save for the price of a beer. Then there's the animals in need. And the plants. Getting the help you deserve is a competitive business.