Why France pays ransoms for hostages

While New Zealand refuses to pay ransoms for hostages - France takes a different approach. It has been paying millions of dollars to Islamist extremist groups like ISIS and Al Qaeda for the return of its captured citizens. International diplomatic consultant for i24 news in Paris, Christian Malard told Morning Report producer Lucy Smith that despite the French government publicly saying the wouldn't pay terrorist groups ransoms for hostages, they and the companies the hostages work for often do.