Around 200 Filipinos and Filipinos by descent are currently living in New Caledonia, which faced intense rioting sparked by a constitutional reform project.
French gendarmes stand guard near independantists at the entrance of the Riviere Salee disctrict, in Noumea, France 's Pacific territory of New Caledonia , on May 29, 2024. Riots sparked by a constitutional reform project broke out on May 13.
The latest civil unrest killed seven people and injured hundreds. New Caledonia has been ruled from Paris since the 1800s, but many indigenous Kanaks resent France's power over their islands and want fuller autonomy or independence. China could not be serious in enforcing its so-called regulations that include the fishing ban in the entire SCS and detaining...
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