The Inhospitality of the Global North: Deleuze, Neo-colonialism and Conflict-caused Migration

Even in the recent violent and wretched history of Iraq, the year 2014 stands out. As DAESH¹ forces swept through parts of Iraq, seizing the second largest city, Mosul, in early June, an estimated 500,000 people fled their homes to escape ethnic and sectarian persecution, murder and enslavement (OCHA 2014). As overwhelming as that movement of people was for both the people and government of Iraq, that was not the worst of it. The nadir was to come in the first days of August when DAESH forces attempted to wipe the Yezidi² people from the pages of history. Holding Yezidi