Every now and again, the opportunity comes by you to tick a box that determines how your country treats them, an act which can make a difference while costing you nothing and incurring no personal risk.
Read: While costing a lot and putting you at high risk.
How can you say otherwise?
Accomodating and feeding people are among the most expensive things that exist. Refugees are very expensive for societies that take them in!
Unfortunately your wishful thinking does not match reality. I know everything could be so nice, but in reality you will steal, when you have nothing/little putting those around you at risk.
I argue that it created costs [for him and/or others] and put him (and others) at increased risk.
1) Think Sugihara was right 2) Believe that taking refugees into europe is worse on average/bad
All it takes is a different reason for Sugihara to be right