Power of Good People Part 1

Paheerathan Paraarasingam’s story could be one of tens of thousands, except that he lived to tell the world of the horrors; but more importantly, to record and pay tribute to those, often courageous, people without whom he would probably not be alive. He was thirty-one when he was rescued from the Indian Ocean while sailing to Australia to seek asylum. While in Christmas Island Detention Centre, Paheerathan became penfriends with Alison Corke, a member of the Apollo Bay branch of Rural Australians for Refugees, in Victoria. On his release from detention in 2011, Para moved in with the Corke family.  Paheerathan has written a book titled, "The Power of Good People" with Alison Corke.  Paheerathan talks to Kulasegaram Sanchayan about his journey.