1.   But people here fear the plan will only make their plight worse.

2.   Congress must take care not to make their plight worse.

3.   For many, the plight was made worse by heavy shelling in the northern towns of Ingore and Bula, just a few kilometers from the Senegalese frontier.

4.   Many had fled with no more than the clothes on their backs and their plight was made worse by the harsh winter weather, he said.

5.   Many had fled with no more than the clothes on their backs and their plight was made worse by the harsh winter weather.