The situation of Algerians deported to New Caledonia by French troops between 1864 and 1897 remains absent from the agendas of Algiers and Paris despite being one of the main issues of the French colonial era in the North African country.
According to data collected by AFP, an estimated 2,100 Algerians were tried by special or military tribunals and deported to penal colonies in the Paris-administered Pacific archipelago during those years….
