New Caledonia is experiencing significant unrest following recent voting reforms that have led to violent riots. The French government has deployed 600 police officers and special forces, including GIGN, to restore order, with President Emmanuel Macron calling a defense and security council meeting and planning a visit to the territory. The unrest, which has resulted in six deaths, is partly fueled by France's plan to lift restrictions on nickel exports, drawing condemnation from indigenous leaders. The main airport in Noumea has been closed, and repatriation flights are being organized for stranded tourists, including those from Australia and New Zealand. The situation remains tense as road blockades continue, and the global impact on critical mineral supply chains is being closely monitored. The unrest began on May 20.
Tensions in New Caledonia boil over as PM Albanese cops backlash over 'hypocritical' support of the French government's action against the local indigenous population. MORE: https://t.co/DridoqM9Ke https://t.co/HU0Wa6beRA
Foreign Minister Penny Wong confirmed this morning French authorities would begin flights today to ensure any stranded tourists can safely leave the French Pacific territory. #9News https://t.co/CKb2Gk1zjr
New Caledonia riots: inequalities, lack of indigenous voice expose ‘failures’ of French democratic system 🇫🇷🇳🇨 https://t.co/5SeEVokV6v
'In a mess': Evacuees from New Caledonia tell of relief https://t.co/UhYlnokZPo
New Caledonia protesters, police play 'cat and mouse' before Macron arrives https://t.co/ttDJRr5CQu https://t.co/5aQxb4gA7t
French President Emmanuel Macron to visit #NewCaledonia amid deadly unrest. https://t.co/MGhueznPbU
‘We’re really torn’: New Caledonia turmoil forces French nationals to sail to safety in Australia https://t.co/3rPLBXbsId
News live: more flights out of New Caledonia as first Australians arrive home; Birmingham criticises ICC warrants for ‘false equivalence’ https://t.co/ofGbP8K0Jh
Violent riots in New Caledonia are having an outsized global impact on critical mineral supply chains, FP’s @Iyengarish reports. https://t.co/7skhLcs8mh
Listen, France just wants people to stop talking about the revolution in New Caledonia https://t.co/EVLh4jZXgx
More than 100 Australians and other tourists stranded for up to a week in the violence in New Caledonia have been repatriated. https://t.co/ypBuxDDwtz
Japanese in New Caledonia to leave with support from Australia https://t.co/VevK1tD2eb
🇳🇨 Macron is hoping to ease tensions that have boiled over in the Pacific territory due to proposed voting reforms Find out more👇 https://t.co/N3iw4z7Kh0 https://t.co/vbgoaJpVm2
#FromTheSouth News Bits | The French government deployed 600 policemen in New Caledonia to restore access to the international airport, which has been inoperative for days due to protests by pro-independence sectors. https://t.co/dN5PAcVc5F
New Caledonia: Where is the French overseas territory "heading for civil war"? https://t.co/rWP6AENesX
New Caledonia protesters refuse to back down Follow us on Telegram: https://t.co/gtQwYY5WSl https://t.co/goNl2oY2LL
Haiti 2.0 underway in New Caledonia. The militants are doing home invasions not just burning and pillaging businesses. Lots of videos. Total chaos https://t.co/sLDKwcLonC
❗️Part 1/2: How France manages the first outbreak of serious violence in New Caledonia in 40 years will affect not only its future role there but its acceptance as a Indo-Pacific, power. The violence of indigenous independence supporters, many of them very young, signals that…
French President Emmanuel Macron will travel to the Pacific overseas territory of #NewCaledonia, a government spokesperson says, after the island was rocked by several days of riots over a constitutional reform. https://t.co/BrHaBEp1Mj
Amid violent unrest in #NewCaledonia, the Australian and #NewZealand governments are evacuating their citizens. The violence has been triggered by controversial electoral reforms passed in #Paris. https://t.co/jytuPVKix7
Tourists In Protest-Hit New Caledonia "Ecstatic" As Rescue Planes Arrive https://t.co/lPrg41pQU6
Here’s the distance between France and New Caledonia. So why is the French military crushing its people? https://t.co/OVtXmzrhW0
After #French lawmakers approved a law to give non-indigenous people in #NewCaledonia greater voting rights, riots erupted. Locals see it as a part of a French plan to grab their #nickel reserves. #Australia and #NewZealand are evacuating their citizens. https://t.co/0fTinOgBg0
People in New Caledonia: how have you been affected by the unrest? https://t.co/IIGOgArJXx
Two government-assisted flights have been cleared to repatriate Australians who have been trapped in New Caledonia for some days due to unrest in the French territory that has claimed six lives. https://t.co/m9MYOTMYsy
#BREAKING: Foreign Minister Penny Wong has confirmed two Australian flights will bring stranded tourists home from New Caledonia today. #9News https://t.co/Pi7GvsAvfb
Two repatriation flights are set to leave New Caledonia today and the government is working on more, Foreign Minister Penny Wong says. https://t.co/XDfMAchkuf
#BREAKING New Zealand rescue plane to depart for New Caledonia in the "next hour" to pick up tourists stranded in the crisis-hit French territory https://t.co/nWqnxEApZr
France trying to relive the last century as it moves to crush pro-independence uprising in French colony of New Caledonia Western "democracy" in action https://t.co/BaS1TwEr3c
Once again, I'm seeing geopolitics-pilled people explaining that neo-colonial France wants to keep New Caledonia because of its nickel deposits, but the reality is that, largely because of the deal we had to make with independentists and the dysfunctional local politics, New…
🇫🇷🇳🇨⚡ Special forces of the GIGN are fully engaged in the territory for reconnaissance, reconquest and intervention missions, to restore law and order after the recent Kanak riots in New Caledonia. https://t.co/VDqz5SEy7M
New Caledonia airport still shut as pro-independence group says road blockades to continue ➡️ https://t.co/9jJqfoNmri https://t.co/t6mg53ikdS
New Caledonia to Macron: it’s the economy, stupid - https://t.co/Wd6B0xn9xU - @pierrebri https://t.co/nVY6RS5G65
France launches ‘major operation’ to quash unrest in overseas territory The authorities have vowed to re-establish order in New Caledonia 'whatever the cost' https://t.co/AVi7sjpsdL https://t.co/LwQx0hUhkh
🇳🇨🇫🇷 The situation in New Caledonia is still tense. https://t.co/ILIk3SofDu https://t.co/v93j09TC90
Main airport in #France's #riot-hit #NewCaledonia closed for commercial flights till Thursday: operator 🗞️ Catch the day's latest news and updates ➠ https://t.co/nJxiZBwd5l https://t.co/X4Jr2RUOW3
Behind New Caledonia’s Riots, a Fight Over Vast Reserves of Nickel France has a plan to lift restrictions on exports of the archipelago’s nickel to supply clean-energy manufacturing, drawing condemnation from indigenous leaders https://t.co/dODyXWvmrO
Protestors block New Caledonia roads as French police pour in https://t.co/wtAyX3Xq2p https://t.co/UiajRRO4MK
#France's President Emmanuel Macron has called a meeting of his defense and security council to discuss the deadly unrest in the Pacific territory of #NewCaledonia. https://t.co/I65HmyngcH
The aftermath of the recent unrest in New Caledonia, prompted by voting reform, saw damaged roads, torched buildings, and cars, with smoke billowing over the capital city of Noumea Follow us on Rumble: https://t.co/4vo0fYlN6D https://t.co/auldMOwhjq