{"id":12429,"date":"2024-05-20T11:00:10","date_gmt":"2024-05-20T08:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/?p=12429"},"modified":"2024-05-20T11:00:10","modified_gmt":"2024-05-20T08:00:10","slug":"protestors-block-new-caledonia-roads-as-french-police-pour-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/?p=12429","title":{"rendered":"Protestors block New Caledonia roads as French police pour in"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/protestors-block-new-caledonia-roads-as-french-police-pour-in.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>A thousand police arrived in New Caledonia from France and streets were relatively calm, the French High Commission said on Monday, but roads were blocked and the airport remained shut, stranding tourists on the Pacific island after a week of riots.<\/p>\n<div class=\"cypru-video-ads\" id=\"cypru-598530101\">\n<div id=\"cypru-461277605\" data-cypru-trackid=\"478051\" data-cypru-trackbid=\"1\" class=\"cypru-target\">\n<div id=\"gpt-ad-7467615044361-0\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The activist group organising the protests in the French-ruled territory, Field Action Co-ordination Cell (CCAT), said in a statement on Monday blockades would continue, urging protestors to use a peaceful approach.<br \/>\nRoad blocks were making it difficult to supply food to stores in several areas and provide secure travel for medical staff, New Caledonia government officials said.<br \/>\n\u201cIt\u2019s important to point out that the problem is not so much a lack of staff, medical and food supplies but more importantly an access problem,\u201d a government statement said.<br \/>\nAustralia\u2019s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said \u201cthe situation there is deeply concerning\u201d, after a night when there was fire and looting.<br \/>\nFrance\u2019s top official in the territory, Louis Le Franc, said on Sunday evening a police operation to regain control of the road from the capital Noumea to the international airport would take several days. Gendarmes had dismantled 76 road blocks, the High Commission said on Monday.<br \/>\nAustralia\u2019s Defence Minister Richard Marles said officials were speaking to French counterparts about \u201chow they are progressing in terms of managing law and order within Noumea, and if there is any need for any kind of airlift from Australia\u201d.<br \/>\nAlbanese earlier told ABC radio that Australia had been seeking approval from French authorities for two days to send an evacuation flight to New Caledonia to pick up tourists stranded in hotels.<br \/>\nAround 300 Australians have registered with consular officials in the French territory, which lies in the southwest Pacific, some 1,500 km (930 miles) east of Australia.<br \/>\n\u201cThe international airport remains closed, roads have been damaged, there are blockades in place,\u201d Albanese said.<br \/>\n\u201cWe continue to pursue approvals because the Australian Defence Force is ready to fly when it\u2019s permitted to do so,\u201d he added.<br \/>\nThere are around 3,200 people stuck waiting to leave or enter New Caledonia as commercial flights have been cancelled due to the unrest that broke out last week, the local government said.<br \/>\nNew Zealand defence aircraft were also on standby and awaiting approval from French authorities to bring New Zealand nationals home, New Zealand\u2019s Foreign Minister Winston Peters wrote in a post on social media platform X on Sunday.<br \/>\nProtests erupted last week sparked by anger among indigenous Kanak people over a constitutional amendment approved in France that will change who is allowed to participate in elections, which local leaders fear will dilute the Kanak vote.<br \/>\nSix people have been killed and the unrest has left a trail of burnt businesses, torched cars, looted shops, and road barricades, cutting off access to medicine and food.<br \/>\nThree of those killed were indigenous Kanak youths and two were police officers. A sixth person was killed on Saturday during a gun battle between two groups at a roadblock, French police said.<br \/>\nThe business chamber said 150 companies had been looted and burnt.<br \/>\nPro-independence political parties said they want the French government to withdraw the electoral reform before they restart talks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fact: A thousand police arrived in New Caledonia from France to help control the riots and unrest on the Pacific 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