DW's Rosalia Romaniec spoke with Germany's Interior Minister, Alexander Dobrindt, about migration.

The following is an excerpt from the interview.

Alexander Dobrindt: From day one, we took the decisions needed to make sure that border controls are tightened, people are turned away, and family reunifications are suspended, that fast-track naturalization was rolled back. We've addressed many other topics, too, and it's proving successful. Initial asylum requests have gone down by 60%, which is clear evidence that illegal migration is declining significantly. 

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