Their position, especially after late 1938, was desperate, and they tried to go to any country that would accept them (About 25,000 went to Shanghai, for example). Moreover, they had to go to *something* ... No country wanted to accept people who were likely to be a burden. In other Words, they needed jobs or a firm guarantee from friends or family members or a charity that they would be supported.
Having said that, the U.S. took about 250,000 refugees from Nazi Germany, Britain about 70,OOO and Australia took about 50,000. Canada only accepted 4,000. Some countries took in very few indeed. For example, Turkey took in about 1,000. Please note that all these figures include non-Jewish political refugees.
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