The phrase "are of foreign origin" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that comes from another country or culture, often in discussions about language, food, or cultural practices.
Example: "Many words in the English language are of foreign origin, reflecting the diverse influences on its development."
Alternatives: "come from abroad" or "have international roots".
More than half the residents are of foreign origin, chiefly Algerian, Moroccan and sub-Saharan African.
True, many of them, like Mr Zakaria himself, as he points out, are of foreign origin, attracted to America by its universities.
In most cases, parasitic infections are of foreign origin, except for some relatively common indigenous infestations such as enterobiasis (caused by the human pinworm, Enterobius vermicularis) and pediculosis (caused by the human head louse, Pediculus humanus).
In the capital, Stockholm, more than 20% of the population was born in another country [ 5] and one third of children seen by the PCHC services in Stockholm County are of foreign origin [ 6].
Only a small percentage (1.7%) of the TB patients in EU countries at the Eastern border of the EU are of foreign origin and of those only 28% are from countries bordering the EU to the East.
For example, in the unlikely event that 10% of the test-native set are of foreign origin (unlikely -- see above), half of the foreign genes in the genome may have scores beyond the 5% threshold and thus go undetected.
Yet in Denmark just 1 person in 15 is of foreign origin and most of these are thoroughly assimilated.
Less than 2% of the population is of foreign origin, a proportion far below that of other rich countries.
They say that they took up arms in part to fight discrimination against northerners and those perceived to be of foreign origin.
Most gagaku music is of foreign origin, imported largely from China and Korea as early as the 6th century and established as a court tradition by the 8th century.
