Slovakia Thumps up.... I like your creativity...
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Also - Syrian Christians are mostly Roman Catholic. Slovakia is about 60% Roman Catholic.
They have had a thousand years to come up with that excuse!
The United Nations would assign Japan to take a given number of refugees, say 500.
Japan would ask for a list, including profiles of the aspiring refugees. They would send their people to interview the top dozen or so in their refugee camps, then announce that they would accept two of them. Usually those two were either married to Japanese nationals or had a PhD in some hot field.
The UN would either feign outrage and demand that Japan accept more or ask for reasons to clarify their rejection.
To the former, Japan always responded "feel free to submit us profiles of more suitable candidates." To the later, they would respond "It is unlikely that these candidates would assimilate into our society and would not have a happy time even making the attempt."
Needless to say, Muslims almost never made the cut.