The phrase "a foreign background" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe someone who comes from a different country or culture than the one being discussed.
Example: "Her unique perspective on the project is influenced by her foreign background, which brings diversity to our team."
Alternatives: "an international background" or "a multicultural background".
Commerce officials now say they wish a foreign background check had been done, even though it was not required.
Some 43% of Malmö's 317,000-strong population now have a foreign background, with the 40,000 Iraqi-born citizens and their descendants forming the largest single group.
In a statement, Eurostat said: "Data on foreign citizens provide useful information on the part of the population with a foreign background.
"The police did not pursue the cases because they have this idea that when it comes to Germans with a foreign background, the reasons for the killings are linked, for instance, to criminal gangs," said Kenan Kolat, chairman of the Turkish Community in Germany.
When growing up, she was marked out and treated as being Romani: "I was the only girl in the entire school with a foreign background.
Interviews were performed face-to-face by interviewers with a foreign background, most of them cultural facilitators who had undergone specific training.
Our study provides direct evidence that individuals' foreign background is a significant factor in determining firms' CSR investment.
Malmö has a higher percentage of residents with foreign background than the rest of Sweden: 30% born abroad, 41% with foreign background (20).
"He probably has a foreign language background but it sounds like multicultural London English, which is people from all kinds of backgrounds who mix in the East End, a new kind of cockney," he said.
"The fact that someone has a foreign cultural background can be advantageous," said Nannette Ripmeester, who runs Expertise in Labor Mobility, an international job-matching company based in the Netherlands.
A television-savvy former spokesman for the American government in Iraq, Mr. Senor blends a foreign policy background, high-volume punditry and ties to wealthy hedge fund investors in the United States to become a triple threat as an insider in Mr. Romney's presidential campaign.
