BERLIN German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser on Tuesday defended the migration policies of her outgoing government, saying that the number of asylum applications and irregular migration has decreased substantially. "We have significantly reduced irregular migration. Asylum numbers are 50% lower, and the number of deportations is 55% higher than two years ago,” Faeser said in a statement. “The Federal Police have already turned back 50,000 people at our internal border controls. We are