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Treat me like a human: the prescience of Children of Men

By Eric Trump, Josephine Johnston | July 8, 2026

"Poor ‘fugees’ (refugees) —after escaping the worst atrocities and finally making it to England, our government hunts them down like cockroaches," says a character in Children of Men. Screen grab from the movie “Children of Men,” used under fair use as part of a scholarly review.

Treat me like a human: the prescience of Children of Men

By Eric Trump, Josephine Johnston | July 8, 2026

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