Myanmar's leader Min Aung Hlaing said Thursday that migrants from the war-torn country held in Malaysian detention centres will be returned home "as soon as possible".
"We will take those verified nationals back as soon as possible," Min Aung Hlaing said at a joint news conference with Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim in the administrative capital of Putrajaya.
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