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Writing off forced migrations (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

amortising

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'writing' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are present participle verbs, I don't understand how one could define the other.

'forced migrations' is the wordplay.
'forced' indicates anagramming the letters.
'migrations' with letters rearranged gives 'AMORTISING'.

'off' acts as a link.

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