French forces crack down in New Caledonia as death toll climbs in civil unrest
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 พ.ค. 2024
- In New Caledonia, French forces have launched a major operation to restore order after violent clashes and civil unrest killed at least six people.
New Caledonia is a French territory situated in the South Pacific, off Australia's eastern coastline. The civil unrest erupted in the archipelago's capital, and French forces are trying to regain control of a road linking Noumea to the main international airport.
French military planes have been landing at Canadian airports during the weekend operation.
Heidi Petracek reports on the volatile situation.
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When France gonna learn their colonial day is over.
Macron: "Russia should not look to expand their territory".
LMAO!!!
It's owned
There have been multiple votes for independence and the vast majority of people on the island, including the Kanaks voted to stay with France in every single referendum. The rioters are a violent minority that just want violence. And the majority of the population today is French, they have every right to stay in their homes and to live in peace.
@@samuelrigaud6595by what mandate?? Did the natives cede New Caledonia over to France??
@@tidbit1877 no it was a vote two times closely tie 50 - 40%. The third time by 90% but mostly because Natives boycotted due to COVID. And also largely due to the fact that votes are also from the white settlers descendants who've almost make up more than Native Kanaky. What minority are you talking about?
If enough of the natives want their independence, France should let them.
Doesn't work that way.
Like the Donbass and Crimea.
It's not "should or let", but "must and leave".
They have referundum 3 time and say no... some rioters who loot local buisness are not représentative.
@@juliendurand1178
Fake referendums.
Just like when the French wouldn't give up Vietnam after WW2. Unlike Britain, France doesn't know when to let go.
Then give back to argentina the Faklands island, or Gibralta, the Virgin islands, the Cayman islands, etc.
@@SSintox got to keep the tax havens for the billionaire gentry and bankers in the city of london?
WEF
voters in New Caledonia overwhelmingly rejected independence, with 96% voting against independence and 4% in favour (compared to a 57% and 53% against independence in 2018 and 2020).[
@@SSintox The Falkland Islands have never belonged to Argentina, except in a propaganda textbook.
French empire is falling apart. From Africa, they are chased away
They did win 3 referendums in New Caledonia in 4 years. Just saying.
A greater evil will take it's place.
@@redwater4778 atleast they treat everyone equal on the table. It's always a win win, not forced language, practice.
Let russia colonise new wankedonia instead!!
@@TheJew-vc8qj 🤣, Russia come as an equal partner.
Free New Caledonia!
The colonializm is over!
I DON'T GIVE A CRAP! WHY CANADA HAVE TO PAY FOR THOSE ANIMALS????
It's 2024, New Caledonia is now a democratic territory and its people have the same rights as any other French citizen, stop the bigotry, if they want independence they can get it without causing deaths or injuries.
@@AidenHayes-ob5do What democracy and rights you are talking about? To work hard and send all money to France??? Hahaha!
You must be kidding, dude!
The freedom is buying with weapons in hands.
Go, New Caledonia!
@@user-mj6gq6vo9u Mate, you're supporting warfare, are you alright?
I'm not against New Caledonia voting for its autonomy, that's a universal right for all people, but there is no need to shed blood or turn a political matter into a military conflict, the civilians don't deserve that.
@@AidenHayes-ob5do I am supporting freedom.
If France does not want to follow the people's will peacefully then you have to fight for your freedom. This is an axiom, dude.
BACKGROUND - New Caledonia's original name is Kanaky and is not located in Europe but in the Pacific Ocean near Fiji. France colonized Kanaky in order to gain control over its land, resources (e.g., nickel, agriculture), and labour.
During the COVID pandemic, France wanted to hold a referendum regarding Kanaky's independence from France. The Indigenous population (the pro-Independence Kanak) asked France to postpone the referendum until pandemic impacts subsided and they could organize and educate the electorate on the referendum's options. France held the referendum despite this request and thereby maintained its domination over the Kanak people and the many non-Indigenous settlers encouraged to live there by the Government of France.
More recently, France decided to unilaterally make a constitutional change that would give French citizens/non-Indigenous people who have lived in New Calendonia for 10 or more years the right to vote. This would allow the non-Indigenous vote to out-weigh the Indigenous vote and presumably give France the power to retain colonial control over New Caledonia.
These actions, along with the longer history of French colonial oppression and violence against the Kanak, are what has resulted in today's civil unrest in New Calendonia. France, in response, is threatening the population with violence by sending armed forces to the small Pacific community and prohibiting the population from using popular social media app, Tiktok.
Canada probably shouldn't facilitate France's military operations (as shown in the video), as Canada has committed to reconciliation with Indigenous peoples.
Thank you for the information ! France should go home ! Freedom for Kanaki !
The government of Canada does not care about reconciliation. It’s all show
Really - you missed out the Lapita the indigenous before the Kanaks that were 'mysteriously' eradicated from the island! There were 2 referendum before the one you mention and they both elected to stay with France. That is despite the Kanaks having 41% of the population and white Europeans only 24% (and not all of them are allowed to vote). Not all Kanaks want independence. Many have businesses and others are recipients of a regional benefits scheme that many countries would envy; all of which would suffer if France was to leave and they vote accordingly. Bending to the will of a small minority of violent nationalists might be the way business is done in your country but not in France.
The rest of your note was confused victim speak that conflates a movement to restore law and order with some sort of oppression narrative. Obviously you have never had to provide for a family in such circumstances.
@frankyyaggabot6222 Your use of the terms "law and order" and "white European" are imperialist. You should learn that the term "white" isn't an actual ethnicity. The term was created by European colonizers who wished to appear as a homogeneous group (even though they were from various European ethnicities). They did this so they could appear to rival or outnumber the size of local Indigenous populations that they intended to displace, oppress, or exterminate. Also, you should know that France formally admitted to and apologized for the maltreatment of the Kanak in 2003 and 2015, and also signed an agreement and an accord in 1988 and 1998 respectively to further formalize France's need to honour the Kanak's right to self-determination and right to gain greater powers of governance over their country. I hope you're able to fully appreciate these facts.
Non indiginious people who live in France for 10 years can vote. So should nob indigineous people in new Caledonia
Yet nothing on main stream news! 😕
This is mainstream news
And this is Goebbels News video, DUH !
It’s time for all colonies to be free from oppression. Also all the military bases of foreign countries to go back to the country’s of their origin.
Global News forgot to mention that the colonialist and imperialist French regime censored Tiktok in Kanaky
16,811 km
Distance from New Caledonia to France
New Caledonia is France
@@brodocassel wake up buddy its 2024....imperialism is on its last legs..learn to read the room.
@@brodocassel no it's not... New Caledonia is Melanesian and a Pacific country. That's like saying white is black... Leave our Pacific!
@@Aotegar2Mergiirk all the people there are French citizens. France is a trans-continental country.
@@brodocasselHahhahah not for long apparently!
Colonizers doing what colonizers do best. 🤦🏾♀️
French colonizers. Every french colony a failure. Haiti, Vietnam, Liberia, Guinea, Niger, Nigeria and Chad.
.
What about the arsonists and looters doing what they do best? (same issue in the United States)
Bow down to your masters
Have at least see the vidéo ?
The rigth to vote after living 10 years living is colonialism ?
What about immigration in every nation then ? Its colonialism also ?
@@juliendurand1178 one man , one vote
Meanwhile here in Canada we're being colonized by Indians
As a matter a fact your ancestors colonised them first !
@@carminaburana9163 It was the dinosaurs first.
@@carminaburana9163 Different Indians he is talking about and he is not wrong...
Give it sometime we’ve been shown fake candian dreams here, half of my friends are gonna come back to india once their hefty loans for university they took are cleared off.
European colonial descendents still make up the majority of Canadians according to Statistics Canada, and there's no evidence that another ethnicity is trying to overthrow the social and economic system in Canada. Also, people from India arrived here through the Canadian immigration/government system which is still holds King Charles of England (in Europe) as its monarch. Also, French is still Canada's second official language (that means 2 European languages dominate Canada). That said, it looks like Europeans are still considered the biggest colonizers of Canada.
Nobody colonizes like the French. You have to give it to them. They are very good at it
Anglo saxon (britain,US) says hii to you.😅
@@BossAlwayss nah. at least our colonies recovered once we left.
@@BossAlwayss US, GB, FRANCE....🎉🎉🎉🎉😎😎
actually for a colonial power, France is meek 💩💩💩
It’s 2024 and the slavery continues we live in a Evil world
There have been multiple votes for independence and the vast majority of people on the island, including the Kanaks voted to stay with France in every single referendum. The rioters are a violent minority that just want violence. And the majority of the population today is French, they have every right to stay in their homes and to live in peace.
@@tidbit1877 French actions just sad really
Occupiers must leave..like they preach in Ukraine
Ok deal , but every immigrant will get kicked out of the usa & the european continent . 😏
@@mplewp But they are not governing Europe or USA.
Arms and ammunition used by the people claiming to be pro independence have been traced to Azerbaijan; 🤔
Give then independence and let them find out how well it will go for them.
It's a shame really how the French are not willing to give independence in this day and age --- so sad
Im American and don’t understand. There is no main stream news about this
even via facebook or twitter it's old news. ...island time, I suppose ;-) ...go the Kanaki. Have lotsa babies asap.
Main stream news is just propaganda. Children go missing everyday. Governments losing millions but that will never get mentioned.
@@marcelnznope USA is many hours behind longitude wise
This is into one week now
USA Is trying to survive the tornadoes twisters in order to do exports imports again
France is doing their job in their Territory so chill
Mainstream news is all propaganda. Children go missing everyday and governments lose millions the news won’t cover that tho.
Why is my comment being deleted? Because it’s not propaganda?
Power to the people
Free New Caledonian Republic
There have been multiple votes for independence and the vast majority of people on the island, including the Kanaks voted to stay with France in every single referendum. The rioters are a violent minority that just want violence. And the majority of the population today is French, they have every right to stay in their homes and to live in peace.
@@tidbit1877 Kanaky was systemically annexed, cleansed and exploited to reach its present condition. All referendums, past and future, are therefore founded on a pedigree of what we now consider a breach of international law. So unless you are prepared to defend the Crimean referendum held by Russia, I would ease up on the self-righteousness.
Not just that it clear that France in violation of the treaty the sign with Kanak people back 1960's. That why there are riots.
French Colonialism.
There have been multiple votes for independence and the vast majority of people on the island, including the Kanaks voted to stay with France in every single referendum. The rioters are a violent minority that just want violence. And the majority of the population today is French, they have every right to stay in their homes and to live in peace.
slavery
@@tidbit1877 The referendums were gerrymandered. The island is too rich in resources and has too many wealthy mainlanders for France to let it go.
@@TheWoollyFrogIf you followed the conflict, you'd know that the votes are gerrymandered in the favor of the kanaks as there are severe voting restrictions that heavily favor them. The reason behind the riots is that Macron wants, or at least wanted, to lift these restrictions. Personally I think the restrictions in place are absolutely ludacris and should never be allowed in a democratic country.
@@tidbit1877 Liar.
Vive la Kanaky!!!!
There have been multiple votes for independence and the vast majority of people on the island, including the Kanaks voted to stay with France in every single referendum. The rioters are a violent minority that just want violence. And the majority of the population today is French, they have every right to stay in their homes and to live in peace.
@@tidbit1877 no they that’s not true
Amen!
@@tidbit1877 another French troll
@@Aotegar2Mergiirk i mean, he's pretty much sayin the truth
Free Calidonia from Morocco 🇲🇦✌🏾✌🏾✌🏾
Merci mon frere
"French forces crack down...." - You mean French occupation forces.
Forcing French "democracy" hard way.
No context provided. Thats not news.
France, they talk about equality and progress. This is their progress and idea of equality.
The kanaks indépendantistes leaders are very well paid by France , they wanted to keep this privilege . They are in charge of the country since 8 years , at the Congress of NC . what they have done ? Nothing , I mean nothing for their own people
They want China to come to bring them more money . The Chinese want the nickel for the electric automobiles . The Chinese aren’t like the French : if the kanaks didn’t agree for whatever reason , they will do the same like they did with the Ouigours , park them in concentration camps . Vanuatu regrets deeply its deal with the Chinese but it"s too late . Vanuatu has a huge debt towards China so Vanuatu accepted to have a harbour in deep waters for fishing boats 😁but in fact it’s for military navy . Australia and New Zealand are very well aware of the Chinese thread, they are happy that the French are in New Caledonia
If something bad would happen like invasion of Taiwan , New Caledonia could be a military
Place for American army like it was the case in WWII . New Caledonia needs to stay French to avoid a larger Chinese presence in the South Pacific . The Chinese fishing boats steal all the fishes around Vanuatu , they will do the same in the Coral sea .
@collettedemaria1009 you don't know what you are talking about. Every country has debts, even France has debts. France has no interests in New Caledonia other than it's nickel resources which could serve over 120trillion+ USD
Merci colette ! The most educated comment I ever read. You said it all.
Do you live in Vanuatu or just spouting hearsay?
@@Aotegar2Mergiirk You should know better bro, even if NC had not one once of nickel, we still wouldn't let it go.
@@Bertrand146 all the more reason for you to leave as you imply. Look at the riots - the natives have had enough
Time to be free
bruh it's their islands.. not France
New Caledonia should be free of colonizers but who will be next to control this strategic island???
Russia.
China or Russia
Native Kanaky!
Azergayjan
Food for thought: France has the second or third largest gold deposits in the world if i'm not mistaking but no gold mines. The colonial days for France, England, including America are numbered.
Give them back their Island.
French toasts whole island
Did they get the prisoner who killed the guards the other day?
Ça c'est en France continentale en Europe
@@dzaoudzimayotte1110 oui je connais la différence. C’est pour dire que la France devrait peut être réglé ses affaires internes avant de se mêler des autres à l’étranger.
Free Caledonia, Colonial times are gone,
The west showing their small satellite countries don't get human rights by many of them uprising. 😂
Keeping the contempt and loathing alive, for some reason.
the way things are going this is going to happen in North America
The french are coming?
it did! On Jan6
France:"Let them eat cake."
When I notice that the 2-digit Qi chants "France world champion of colonization", the English, the Spanish, the Germans and the Dutch laugh... It is against Macron's laws that the New Caledonians " Kanaks "not revolt against France
Meanwhile back in France, the French authorities do nothing while the indigenous French are being violently replaced by invaders.
what💀
i'm not french so i have no idea what you mean, what kind of violence is going on across the channel?
Y aura-t-il des jeux olympiques en France et sera-t-il si sûr
Stop freedom across the world.
Stop the immigrantion of East indians to Canada
what's unique about east indians? (I'm not canadian, i have no idea what this is about)
Those are khalistanis not indians ask your governmetn to stop giving visa
A great Roman general once said "A people should know when they have conquered."
Land Back Movement.
Every former colony in Africa descended into failure after independence… but THIS time will be different!
🤣🤣🤣
When Russia comes to the island instead of France, the local residents will understand what they have lost, but it will be too late.
My dear, it descended into failure the moment the French sat a foot on their land, not the moment they left
And I am pretty sure that Algerians are living better than when they were under colonialism.
Free New Caledonia 🇳🇨
Doesn’t care even if It’s failure or not . France has no role there. Shame on people who support colonialism in 2024
@@JMian yet you probably support Arab colonialism throughout the Middle East, or the fact that the Bantu speaking Africans spread throughout the continent, displacing, conquering and enslaving other native African tribes such as the San or Khoisan.
New Caledonians have a right to defend themselves 🤪
Free Caledonia! End racist colonialism!
Russia to colonise instead!
@@TheJew-vc8qj European detected opinion rejected
This what the french did in africa.out with the racist French and freedom to the blacks
French holdings in Africa were given over to indigenous rule in the 1950s and 60s. They have been uniformly pathetic devolving into numerous civil wars and military coups since which has caused many countries to continue to have a presence there and hundreds of NGOs both feeding, educating and providing medicines for the populaces therein. A significant number have also fled the region to Europe and other locales (11 million Africans reside in Europe as refugees). Of course one panacea is that you can continually blame the ineptitude of the governance of these countries on colonialism and rebrand it neo-colonialism. Having fallen out with the West after what for some of these countries is their 11th or 12th military junta since Independence the militaries are looking towards China and Russia to provide for them what the West provided with less scrutiny ... and so it continues!
@@frankyyaggabot6222it’s happening bcz of your government still interferes in internal politics of African countries.west never wants a developed Africa,Asia or others so that west can control them forever militarily and economically.west is evil inside with good looking face outside.
@@frankyyaggabot6222 B.S...many of the leaders in Francophone Africa are puppet leaders who serve the interest of Paris and not their own people. Many of these leaders for some odd reason where all educated in France and attended universities there adopting French attitutues and physcology. Notice Mali, Burkina, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Niger, Chad all have the similiar issues. Yet a country like Ghana who was not a French colony. Is the most democratic, peaceful, economic vibrant in the West African region.
@@onlineonlineaccount2368 French attitudes and psychology ... for revolution. The fact that leaders of a French Colony would be educated in France is not unusual (many British ex-colony Leaders were/are educated in the UK) ... it's simply the progression of the education system.
Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Chad all had Islamic Insurgencies that were there when France entered the region and were there when France exited. Ex-colonies of Britain that were strictly Islamic - Sudan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Iraq, Yemen, ... all had the same basic issues and had not huge amounts of Aid been ploughed into some of these countries and the tacit acceptance of authoritarian regimes post-colonial times(e.g. Egypt), they would have been even bigger disasters.
@@onlineonlineaccount2368 man Ivory Coast is richer than Ghana (per capita), and Guinea is catching up quickly, while Ghana has been stagnant since 2013. Do your math first
Go France!
FRANCE GET OUT!
I guess you need to know who your master is
So the indigenous people want independence, and France back doored a way to ensure a greater percentage of the population is sympathetic to French rule.
The French need to leave.🌎🕊️Ⓐ🏳️⚧️☭🏳️🌈
Is your comment a joke or something? What's with all the emojis?
Says who ? :) because certainly not the majority of the inhabitants in the 3 times they voted about it.
@@sundayznostalgianightz6510 Don't go breaking my heart....
@@jorsm.3893a closely tied first two referendum... Third time was only loyalists who participated, Natives boycotted due to COVID. In fact, most loyalists are descendents of white settler colonialists who don't care about Native rights!
@@TheRisenPeopleEire Be honest, you've just been watching Elton on Netflix ?
FRANCE GO HOME
👏👏👏👏👏
Earth will be a ball of fire in hundred years
Free New Caledonia, Free Palestine. The age of colonization must come to an end.
Unlike Caledonia, Palestine isn’t colonized
No more French occupations 👊
Free Mayotte
Long live the French empire
France who?
Golly, these European countries hate giving up their slaves, don't they!. Someone should tell them that we're in the year 2024.
This is just Cold War espionage why give it up
Free canada from european anglo-saxon colonials.
Canada wants independence from anglo-saxon colonials.😊
Another fine example of colonizers keeping the indigenous people down
Exactly
This is why colonialism never ends. Palestine has been suffering and now Caledonia.
France shouldn have ever become independent from germany. Things were better under their rule.
New Haiti
Le petit roi est fou.
tant de gaz à effet de serre lors des manifestations, pour un avenir durable, réduisons les émissions liées aux manifestations et aux incendies
Gases de efecto invernadero,, debemos disminuir gases de efecto invernadero. Por un futuro sustentable
Same in Australia, Canada and the US with the Native population, European are manipulating for their gain.
❤
Are you happy now, Greta Dumberg.
The colonial french. Not country builders the french.
Long live independent Caledonia. Turks support you. No to exploitation!
Fascists giving speeches to others on democracy and here cracking down on the natives
Send in the Americas 🦅🇺🇲
Free Caledonia from French imperialism. Why does it always need to turn violent for imperial powers to get the message. Leave indigenous lands!
Independent. No more French colonialism
Free new caledonia, down with Colonialism, free Palestine.
I am guessing it wasn't locals and local money that created the infrastructure that they all feel entitled too
It was local money lol, New Caledonia has large reserves of nickel
They're better off under colonial rule.
Going to watch as this place gets their independence and ends up like Haiti or Nauru. Then they will demand reparations and blame their down fall on French Colonialism.
looks like marriage you pump so much money into the relation ship she decides to take it all and kick you out lmao! French
Colonialism never ended
France go home ! Colonial day is history !
Shame on Colonial rule France 🇫🇷. Free New Caledonia 🇳🇨 from France 🇫🇷 occupation force
Free New Caledonia for China!
France - GET OUT!
So who will pay for everything? When the natives realise they can't run a country by themselves they'll sell out to China who will treat them far worse than the French ever did.
China - GO IN!
French territory? Did you look at the map?
France has its palestine
And without those colonizers they would be begging for everything as living in the jungle isn’t so great
Laughable!
They've 3rd richest nickel mine and fishing industries
Shame on France 🇫🇷. Let them get independent
Next Haiti...independent and poor
Not really... with over 120trillion USD worth of nickel resources I'd think not
Free Caledonian
They had to Stop and Gets Cursed. TAKE IT WITH YOU.
Caledonia.......... Caledonia............
What makes your big head so hard?