Dhaka, Sept. 13 -- The international community needs to focus more on repatriation of Rohingyas to their place of origin in Rakhine State instead of focusing only on their food, shelter and healthcare issues, says a Japanese South Asian affairs expert.

"We've to work on how to bring them (Rohingyas) back to their original country (Myanmar)," Ryohei Kasai, visiting researcher at Center for South Asian Studies, Gifu Women's University, told Dhaka Courier.

The diplomat-turned-researcher said any refugee crisis has many dimensions but distributing food, providing shelter and healthcare services is one of the approaches to deal with the refugee issue. "[But] that shouldn't be only approach," he said.

Kasai said they know the Japanese govern...