The 37-year-old apparently surfaced at the end of the dive and gave an OK signal to the dive boat but disappeared while the boat was helping another diver.
However much it would like migrants to simply disappear, the boats are likely to keep coming as long as repression and conflict in the Middle East and Africa continue to drive the largest wave of mass migration since the second world war.
It felt surreal to hear this story and envision parents watching their sons disappear on boats to cross the sea and fight Hitler.
"The beams are coming directly at you, and the side of the boat is disappearing.
We watched as his boat disappeared behind a bend in the river.
The Coast Guard says four survivors have been found after a fishing boat disappeared in the Aleutian Islands.
They disappeared behind the boat, and soon the smell of marijuana wafted through the air.
He steered toward the site, keeping his eyes on the green object, which appeared and disappeared as the boat rose and fell through the waves.
As Helen, myself and four other castaway cooks stand on the ramshackle pontoon, watching our boat disappear from view, I feel suitably marooned.
