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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 cannot see how one could define the other.

'forced migrations' is the wordplay.
'forced' indicates anagramming the letters.
'migrations' is an anagram of 'AMORTISING'.

'off' is the link.

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