Airforce on standby to evacuate Australians as French police pour into New Caledonia
Kirsty Needham
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 in the Pacific nation after a week of riots.
The activist group organising the protests in the French-ruled territory, Field Action Co-ordination Cell, said in a statement on Monday blockades would continue, urging protestors to use a peaceful approach.
Reuters
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