France has begun evacuating tourists from its overseas territory of New Caledonia after days of unrest in the Pacific archipelago. French tourists were flown to Australia and New Zealand on military aircraft on Saturday, the news station BMFTV reported. They will then return home on commercial flights. A state of emergency has been in place in New Caledonia since last week after a wave of riots that has left seven people dead and hundreds detained. France has deployed additional security forces to the archipelago. Australia and New Zealand began evacuating their residents earlier this week, wi…