At least their getting transport put on for them in the UK.
Serco apologises after hiring stretch limo for asylum seekers.
A Home Office contractor has apologised for the "clearly inappropriate" decision to hire a stretch limo to take a group of asylum seekers from London to Manchester.
Serco said the move had not cost the taxpayer any extra money and that it was a one-off.
Seven African men were transported in a 16-seat Hummer from a hotel to their new homes, the Daily Mail reported.
They had been staying in the hotel while their claims were processed.
No additional cost
New procedures have been introduced to prevent it happening again, Serco said.
The asylum seekers were staying in the village of Longford near Heathrow, which has been used as a temporary stopping-off point for new arrivals.
Pub landlord Rana Saif told the Mail: "The limo was here for about half an hour. I thought it must be a stag do. There were seven migrants, all young African men.
"The driver said he was going to take them to Manchester and he was being paid £3,000. He said the Home Office would pay him."
Serco apologises after hiring stretch limo for asylum seekers - BBC News