After them Australians and New ZealandersFrench tourists were turned away from the New Caledoniathe day after a seventh person died amid ongoing unrest in the South Pacific archipelago despite a visit by the French president Emmanuel Macron in this French overseas territory.

The tourists were flown away by military aircraft to Australia and New Zealand from Noumea’s Magenta airport, according to an AFP reporter. Totouta International Airport, which has been closed to commercial flights since May 14, will remain closed until at least Tuesday.

“Measures for the return of foreigners and French tourists are continuing,” the French High Commission said in a statement.

Australia and New Zealand had started repatriating their nationals in the same way on Tuesday. Yesterday, Vanuatu citizens were evacuated from New Caledonia on French military aircraft.

The situation is gradually improving for the many people stranded in the French South Pacific archipelago, which has been rocked by unrest since May 13.

Yesterday, Noumea prosecutor Yves Dupa announced that a 48-year-old man had been killed by a police officer.

The adoption of electoral reform by senators and then by deputies in Paris sparked riots and a wave of violence on the island, unprecedented in four decades.

The controversial electoral reform will widen the electorate in regional elections in New Caledonia, which independence supporters fear will dilute the impact of the indigenous Kanak vote.