Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak said on Saturday his government was seeking a "positive response" from Myanmar to help solve the migrant crisis involving thousands of Rohingya fleeing the country.

"I hope they (Myanmar) will give a positive response as the refugees were due to internal problems that we cannot interfere with, but we want to do something before it gets worse," Najib was quoted as saying by the country's official news agency, Bernama.