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They flew to New Caledonia for a romantic escape. Now they’re trapped as Macron tries to quell deadl Anchorage
- Location: Anchorage, Alaska, United States
When Maxwell Winchester and his wife arrived in the South Pacific island of New Caledonia nearly two weeks ago, they were excited for what would be their first child-free holiday since becoming parents.
But what was supposed to be a romantic getaway has instead left the Australian couple stranded and far from their children back in their home state Victoria, after deadly riots broke out across the French territory sparked by electoral changes from the national government.
“We are sheltered in place because it’s largely been too dangerous to leave. We’ve had barricades, riots … shops looted, burnt to the ground. Our suburb near us basically has nothing left,” he told CNN on Thursday.
In the hotel where they’re staying, food and medicine are running low, he said, and there is no sense of when help is arriving; evacuations for foreign nationals have paused on Thursday due to French President Emmanuel Macron arriving for talks.
“We have people who have run out of medicine … People are running out of food. Other Australians stranded have had to go scrounge coconuts to eat,” he said.
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