country of origin

But he questioned what work the Scottish government was doing to identify foreign inmates, speaking to their countries of origin and exploring options to return them there to see out the remainder of their sentence.

That becomes relevant if an immigrant’s country of origin won’t cooperate with the United States.

The judges ruled it was impossible to recognise their countries of origin as "safe countries".

She showed me a daily log of the people who have passed through, including their arrival times and countries of origin.

Although the students we spoke to had made great attempts to remain in the UK legally, they now face being sent back to their country of origin.