Germany’s Interior Minister Nancy Faeser has said there have been initial successes in limiting irregular migration to Germany. “Asylum applications are currently a fifth lower than in the same period last year. Our border checks have detained 708 smugglers since October and prevented 17,600 unauthorized entries,” the Social Democrat politician told the Funke media group. Faeser referred to resolutions passed by the government, which are supported by Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s three-party coalition. “We have legislated for faster asylum procedures,” she said. “Our comprehensive legislative packa…