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German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser dampened expectations for possible deals to process asylum claims outside the EU on Thursday, arguing that it’s unlikely any scheme would change the situation Germany faces. Efforts such as Italy’s deal to send some asylum-seeking migrants to Albania would not be a “game changer” for asylum policy and wouldn’t make a discernible impact on the number of people seeking asylum, Faeser said on Thursday. Some German politicians have been pushing the country to pursue a similar plan in hopes of reducing the number of asylum-seeking migrants in the country. In Al…