The phrase "foreign criminals" refers to individuals who have committed crimes in a country that is not their own. They are lawbreakers from another nation. Full definition
Because of the perceived difficulty in performing international employment screening, some security professionals have not attempted to verify international credentials or to perform foreign criminal checks. (securitymagazine.com)
It proposes curbing the power of judges to halt the deportation of foreign criminals who claim a right to family life in Britain under the European Convention on Human Rights. (itv.com)
The amendment, crafted by Dominic Raab, a Eurosceptic Tory rising star, sought to make it easier to deport foreign criminals who claim a right to a family life as protection under the European Convention on Human Rights. (telegraph.co.uk)