AUSTRALIA takes more than its fair share of the world's displaced people, and more nations need to help resettle them, says the Minister for Immigration, Chris Evans.

At an event marking the start of World Refugee Week yesterday, Senator Evans welcomed the significant contribution of refugees but said he hoped there would be a greater contribution from other countries.

Atuna Chol . . . fled Sudan when she was nine. Credit:Andrew Meares

"At the moment it's only a very small group of countries, and we need to try and ensure there's a broader global commitment to assisting people in need. We take a more than fair share of those seeking resettlement."

Atuna Chol was forced to leave Sudan barefoot when she was nine. Carrying her two-month-old sister, she and her sick mother walked for weeks in the heat to Ethiopia before applying for asylum in the Congo. She lived in a Ugandan refugee camp before arriving in Australia in 2004.