Refugee Rescue is a charitable Non-Governmental Organisation based in Northern Ireland[1] which operates the rescue vessel Mo Chara from the North Shore of Lesvos, Greece, covering parts of the Aegean Sea.
[4][5][6] Refugee Rescue was founded in 2015,[4] by Joby Fox and Jude Bennett; the charity[7] moved rapidly on from an initial coastguard-like role to purchasing and operating an inshore rescue boat.
[8][9] Refugee Rescue's rescuer and activist Mary Finn was featured in the documentary "Bigger than us", drawing attention to the problems of people-trafficking and refugees.
[10][11] Refugee Rescue operates the Mo Chara (meaning 'my friend' in Irish), a 7.4 m ex-RNLI Atlantic 75 Rigid Inflatable Boat (RIB).
[12] The boat operations began in early 2016, and were paused in August 2020.