Cameroon GCE advanced level June 2026 English Language 3

SECTION B

TEXT RECONSTRUCTION (15 marks)

Read the following passage carefully and fill in the blanks using the most suitable words of your choice.

Dear Pen Pal,

I am concerned about media coverage of the migration crisis. Each year, significant numbers die or get seriously (1) ___________ trying to enter the EU. Some human rights organisations recently reported hundreds of deaths, although the actual number might be two or three times (2) ___________ because many bodies are never found. Mediterranean crossings are widely mediatised. However, researchers consider the (3) ___________ of crossing the Sahara to be twice as high. This raises concerns about Europe’s increasing restrictive (4) ___________ policies and general migration controls which have led to growing reliance on overland routes. During the Trans-Sahara journey, generally made in several (5) ___________ over months or years, migrants often stop (6) ___________ in towns located on migration hubs to work and save money for their onward journeys.

While the media focuses on “boat people”, many migrants use other methods- tourist visas, false documents, and even hiding in vessels with or without the consent of the (7) ___________. Although, migrants are commonly depicted as passive (8) ___________ of unscrupulous and merciless traffickers, researcher suggests that trafficking is (9) ___________ and that many migrant (10) ___________ their own volition, Migration isn’t always a desperate response of destitution; much of it is generally a (11) ___________ choice and an investment by households and families to enhance their future livelihoods. Migrants typically pay for one difficult (12) ___________ of the journey at a time, usually involving a (13) ___________ crossing.

Lastly, empirical evidence suggests that most irregular West African migrants actually enter Europe legally but subsequently (14) ___________ their visas. According to one survey, about one-third of irregular West African immigrants in Spain and Italy entered the country illegally, compared to two-thirds who entered (15) ___________.