France is deploying 30 more policemen to New Caledonia.
This followed a call for police reinforcement by the administrator in New Caledonia's Southern Province following recent violence around protests related to the Vale nickel plant
The French Overseas Minister, Sebastien Lecornu, confirmed the deployment of another 30 special police and investigators.
He noted that almost 1500 French police were in New Caledonia, more than five times more police than in rural parts of mainland France.
Source:
RNZ Pacific