France’s High Commission in New Caledonia says the airport remained closed for commercial flights, and it will deploy the military to protect public buildings
Smoke rises from the Office Plus commercial building in Noumea, France's Pacific territory of New Caledonia, on May 21.French President Emmanuel Macron will travel to the Pacific island of New Caledonia on Tuesday, a government spokesperson said, just over a week after riots erupted in the French overseas territory, leaving six dead.
Some politicians have called for veteran politicians to be named as mediators, but Thevenot did not say if this was what Macron had in mind. The New Zealand Herald reported that a defence force plane had landed in Auckland with some 50 citizens evacuated from New Caledonia. Further flights were expected in the coming days.
Australian officials said passengers were being prioritized based on need. Those left behind were frustrated, said Australian Benen Huntley, honeymooning with wife Emily.“We opened our hotel door this morning and you could just see an enormous billow of smoke coming off a building in the distance.”Over 1,000 gendarmes and police from France were at work, and another 600 personnel would be added, France’s High Commission said.
Viro Xulue, part of a community group providing social assistance to other Kanaks, said it felt like a return to the civil war of the 1980s, and people were scared.
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