France gives clearance for several planes to bring home travellers stuck in French Pacific territory in wake of violent protests
An Indigenous Kanak flag stands next to a burning vehicle at a roadblock at La Tamoa, in the commune of Paita, New Caledonia. Changes to voting rights have sparked anger across the Pacific island.An Indigenous Kanak flag stands next to a burning vehicle at a roadblock at La Tamoa, in the commune of Paita, New Caledonia. Changes to voting rights have sparked anger across the Pacific island.
Peters said the flight would carry around 50 passengers with the most pressing needs from Noumea to Auckland. It would be the first in a series of planned flights, he said. The latest unrest in the Pacific territory of 270,000 people erupted over French plans to impose new rules that would give tens of thousands of non-indigenous residents voting rights.
Macron warned during Monday’s meeting that the military would need to remain deployed in New Caledonia “for some time”. “It feels like being in The Walking Dead,” local post office director Thomas de Deckker told AFP, referring to the post-apocalyptic zombie television series. The New Caledonian Chamber of Commerce and Industry said on Monday that the troubles had caused “catastrophic” economic damage, with 150 businesses “looted and set on fire”.Military aircraft carrying the remains of two gendarmes killed in New Caledonia landed in France early on Monday. “Their names were Nicolas Molinari and Xavier Salou,” French prime minister Gabriel Attal said on X. “The whole nation bows before their coffins.
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