The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word MIGRATION
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result MIGRATION
- Fighter helping movement of the people
- Russian aircraft helping removal from one country to another
- Russian aircraft helping mass movement
- Aircraft designers apportion movement from one part to another
- Russian aircraft helping movement of people?
- Mobile roaming — it means moving from one area to another!
- Mass movement tiring Mao terribly
- Ex-Soviet jet helping movement of refugees?
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What does MIGRATION mean?
MIGRATION noun- An instance of moving to live in another place for a while.
- Seasonal moving of animals, as mammals, birds or fish, especially between breeding and non-breeding areas.
- Movement in general.
- Instance of changing a platform from an environment to another one.
- The movement of cells in particular directions to specific locations.