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To be fair, while the Avengers could have done more helping mutants out, the X-Men pretty much considered themselves the final authority in mutant questions. They also had the tendency to isolate themselves from the rest of the superhero community and did things their own way, which quite often wasn't exactly living up the normal superhero standard, especially with Wolverine and later Psylocke involved. Don't get me started on the 90ties, when Cable and Bishop joined with their 'huge' guns.
They never asked for help or assistence in the first place.
Only by necessity and the fact that groups like Avengers didn't give a rat's ass. And they did not isolate themselves from the superhero community, just the rest of the world. They were more than happy to associate with the other superheroes.