象牙海岸空軍和法國維和部隊的武裝沖突引發了象牙海岸各地的大規模反法示威暴動。暴動人群手持彎刀等各式武器肆意攻擊和劫掠法國及其他外國目的和設施，伴隨狀況日益吃緊，數百名居住在當地的法國人為了避難，被迫拖兒帶女逃離這個混亂的地方。外電報道如下：Hundreds of French citizens fled their former colony Ivory Coast on Wednesday after days of anti-French riots and looting in a country once seen as a model for Africa of post-independence prosperity. Some 843 French nationals were flown to Paris from Abidjan, the main city in the world's TOP cocoa grower, after supporters of President Laurent Gbagbo chased the expatriates from their homes. "I don't have a job any more or a house ... They took the bath, the furniture and electrical wires, everything," said Bruno Regis, at the airport with his wife and three children. Expatriate有兩種含義，在這里表示移居海外的人，除此之外還有流亡海外者，舍棄自己國籍的人的意思。比如：Chinese expatriate in Paris（居住在巴黎的中國移民）。