Refugee Rescue
Refugee Rescue is a charitable Non-Governmental Organisation based in Northern Ireland which operates the rescue vessel "Mo Chara" from the North Shore of Lesvos, Greece, covering parts of the Aegean Sea. It also fulfills a coastguard role along that coast. History. Refugee Rescue was founded in 2015, by Joby Fox and Jude Bennett; the charity moved rapidly on from an initial coastguard-like role to purchasing and operating an inshore rescue boat. Refugee Rescue's rescuer and activist Mary Finn was featured in the documentary "Bigger than us", drawing attention to the problems of people-trafficing and  refugees. Rescue vessel. Refugee Rescue operates the "Mo Chara" (meaning ‘my friend’ in Gaelic (Irish)), a 7.4 m ex-RNLI Atlantic 75 Rigid Inflatable Boat (RIB). The boat operations began in early 2016, and were paused in August 2020. As of April 2021, "Mo Chara" operates in conjunction with the German search and rescue NGO Sea Eye and their rescue ship Sea-Eye 4.