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human
[District 9] Did no one consider that there could be consequences for mistreating an alien species more advanced than humans?

As the title says, did anyone consider the fact that more aliens could have been on a long distance trek across the galaxy to rescue the stranded ship? And that they might be a bit upset about our treatment of the prawns in Johannesburg when they finally arrived?

We know they have a planet with more moons than ours, and its implied that Christopher would head back to get reinforcements to save his people from medical experimentation. 

In addition even before they arrived on Earth its not improbable that their location was known to at least 1 other ship?

All this should have been factored in when considering how to treat and deal with the prawns.

Bonus question: how much did the prawn treatment improve after they escaped in the mothership to go get reinforcements?
gpt
I don't think they were planning to mistreat them, they just didn't have a better plan. Keep in mind the story takes place decades after arrival. An alien ship arrives, and the aliens are apparently helpless and confused. Sure, you do what you can to provide for them, but you can't just have them wandering freely, since you have no idea what you're dealing with. So you keep them contained in a refuge camp, while you study them and try and figure out what to do. And then... nothing else happens. They're just living there. People are bound to feel very strongly about aliens in their midst, so changing the status quo becomes politically impossible. Before you know it, 30 years have gone by, and it's basically a permanent ghetto.